06-19-2014, 11:32 AM
That evening Marcus sat on the floor in the middle of his room meditating. It had been a very productive day up until now. He had been working on his equations again and needed to think. His eyes were closed, the Force roiling inside him. It was strange, but the constant struggle, the domination of that writhing energy somehow helped him focus. It was almost as if he could see the equations twisting around him like threads of the power.
The difficulty regarding hiding his weaves was frustrating. Until he could do that, he would be limited. If there was one Force user, there would be others. His Force algebra seemed to work properly. He was able to describe a thread using a special three value vector matrix he called ‘tau’. The name was just something he came up with. There were five “flavors” of tau, each with differing values. He’d been inspired by quantum mechanics, specifically the quark. Physicists had discovered 6 different “flavors” of quark that were based on particle spin, charge and mass. These were whimsically named up, down, charm, strange, top, and bottom. What he had found was that tau’s 5 flavors were based on what he called spirality or twistyness, which described how the threads wound in space, fractal dimension, and vibration. Using those tau vectors in his algebra, he could describe a thread perfectly. He could also combine those threads into complex weaves and use that algebra to combine like terms and such to simplify that weave so that it did the same thing, but with fewer threads. It was much like Boolean algebra was used to take complex circuit equations and create simple ones. In some sense, he thought of those weaves as circuits of tau.
But how did it work? How did it allow for the control of elements? He’d thought about it for a while and had an idea. He suspected it had something to do with string theory, the hypothesis that all elementary particles like quarks, leptons and gluons were actually closed strings of energy that had particular shapes and vibrations. Perhaps if he took the combined vibrational value of, say two oxygen atoms and one hydrogen atom, and compared it to the vibrational value of one of the flavors of tau, they might be the same. That would explain it. The water flavor tau would vibrate at the same frequency as an actual water molecule. That energy might then be able to control and direct water. It made a sort of sense. The other tau flavors would then correspond to earth, air, fire, and some sort of….he wasn’t sure what to call it really, so he stole the term ether from old physics’ theories.
Tau algebra worked beautifully for simple things. But when it came to hiding things- obfuscating tau vectors- it all blew up with multiple infinities and divide by zero errors. It wasn’t workable. It didn’t help that he had to create a lot of the mathematical tools himself. There was a massive body of tools available in many different branches of mathematics. If I could just describe tau using the imaginary number i then I’d have the entire tool chest of complex analysis available to me! He drew on the power, let the flow of it go through him, relax his mind. If he could only find a transformation function that would convert tau to i then he’d be set. Something like Riemann’s Zeta function that converted positive numbers into primes.
He opened his eyes and looked at the clock. It was getting late and he needed to be up early. He used the power to pull his sheets back as well as to float his wallet to the charger and plug it in. He was using the power for everything. If it worked like a muscle, then he’d get stronger. He’d already signed up for some strength training and fighting courses, after having seen those soldiers. Getting stronger in every way was going to be important.
As he got in bed, he thought at Alexandrova. An interesting woman. He’d enjoy working in propaganda. It would be interesting to try out some ideas he had. As for Pyotr and his strange limitation, he’d have to think about that. Specifically, how he had overcome his own.
Turning the light off with the power, he let his mind drift off into sleep.
<small>((continued in The Greats))</small>
Edited by Marcus DuBois, Jul 16 2014, 01:21 PM.
The difficulty regarding hiding his weaves was frustrating. Until he could do that, he would be limited. If there was one Force user, there would be others. His Force algebra seemed to work properly. He was able to describe a thread using a special three value vector matrix he called ‘tau’. The name was just something he came up with. There were five “flavors” of tau, each with differing values. He’d been inspired by quantum mechanics, specifically the quark. Physicists had discovered 6 different “flavors” of quark that were based on particle spin, charge and mass. These were whimsically named up, down, charm, strange, top, and bottom. What he had found was that tau’s 5 flavors were based on what he called spirality or twistyness, which described how the threads wound in space, fractal dimension, and vibration. Using those tau vectors in his algebra, he could describe a thread perfectly. He could also combine those threads into complex weaves and use that algebra to combine like terms and such to simplify that weave so that it did the same thing, but with fewer threads. It was much like Boolean algebra was used to take complex circuit equations and create simple ones. In some sense, he thought of those weaves as circuits of tau.
But how did it work? How did it allow for the control of elements? He’d thought about it for a while and had an idea. He suspected it had something to do with string theory, the hypothesis that all elementary particles like quarks, leptons and gluons were actually closed strings of energy that had particular shapes and vibrations. Perhaps if he took the combined vibrational value of, say two oxygen atoms and one hydrogen atom, and compared it to the vibrational value of one of the flavors of tau, they might be the same. That would explain it. The water flavor tau would vibrate at the same frequency as an actual water molecule. That energy might then be able to control and direct water. It made a sort of sense. The other tau flavors would then correspond to earth, air, fire, and some sort of….he wasn’t sure what to call it really, so he stole the term ether from old physics’ theories.
Tau algebra worked beautifully for simple things. But when it came to hiding things- obfuscating tau vectors- it all blew up with multiple infinities and divide by zero errors. It wasn’t workable. It didn’t help that he had to create a lot of the mathematical tools himself. There was a massive body of tools available in many different branches of mathematics. If I could just describe tau using the imaginary number i then I’d have the entire tool chest of complex analysis available to me! He drew on the power, let the flow of it go through him, relax his mind. If he could only find a transformation function that would convert tau to i then he’d be set. Something like Riemann’s Zeta function that converted positive numbers into primes.
He opened his eyes and looked at the clock. It was getting late and he needed to be up early. He used the power to pull his sheets back as well as to float his wallet to the charger and plug it in. He was using the power for everything. If it worked like a muscle, then he’d get stronger. He’d already signed up for some strength training and fighting courses, after having seen those soldiers. Getting stronger in every way was going to be important.
As he got in bed, he thought at Alexandrova. An interesting woman. He’d enjoy working in propaganda. It would be interesting to try out some ideas he had. As for Pyotr and his strange limitation, he’d have to think about that. Specifically, how he had overcome his own.
Turning the light off with the power, he let his mind drift off into sleep.
<small>((continued in The Greats))</small>
Edited by Marcus DuBois, Jul 16 2014, 01:21 PM.