PERFECTION STUDIES: CONTINUITY•SYMMETRY•HARMONY GOALS.21-22.April.2024
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Questions for Frank Wilczek,
Nobel Laureate, Physics, 2004
by Bruce E. Camber (BEC), a working first draft

Introduction. Frank Wilczek ^[1] was destined to become a world-class physicist. His doctoral studies under David Gross ^[2] focused on asymptotic freedom and it earned them both Nobel Prizes in 2004.

In 2001, Frank Wilczek would publish three articles that forever changed the direction of physics and confirmed a fantastic reality — infinitesimal physics — a world that begins to be measured at one trillionth of a trillionth of a second and then only for the next 64 notations becomes too small to measure and even more difficult to believe. Those three articles in Physics Today introduced the world to Max Planck’s natural units, seemingly the smallest possible units of space and time. Yet, although now known, the scholarly world has not known what to make of them.

A few other scholars ^[3] also thought those natural units generated by dimensionless constants were important, yet, even to this day, this infinitesimal domain that is opened wide to explore remains rather unexplored. Big bang cosmology has been hiding most of it.

Now, my destiny has been totally other. Although Max Planck made a substantial impression, the fundamentals of quantum physics did not. For me, it was Incomplete with open questions. So with that judgment, I ask, “Can one’s destiny be a nudge, a person who raises questions, even doubts, and also attempts to introduce other possibilities?”

Today’s Questions for Frank Wilczek. Most everybody knows something is wrong with our Standard Models, the Lambda CDM, and its big bang cosmology. Our scholars are well aware of Stephen Hawking’s big bang claim, “Everything in existence, expanding exponentially in every direction, from an infinitely small, infinitely hot, infinitely dense point…” In counterpoint, I ask, “What if it all begins with an infinitesimal sphere defined by the Planck base units?”

Taken as a given, that concept gives rise to more ruminations and questions:
• Our space telescopes ^[4] have been raising questions about a smooth start of the universe; and then in 2022, questions about early galaxy and star formation began. If we apply Euler’s base-2 notation to the Planck base units; the result is 539 tredecillion planckspheres per second.^[5] Does that open possibilities to address the smooth start and early galaxy formation?
• Could this base-2 notation account for the emergence, inflation, and expansion of the universe?
• If taken as a given, there are 202 notations to encapsulate everything, everywhere for all time. If so, are all notations always active?
• Might we redefine the infinite with the three faces of pi (π), continuity-symmetry-harmony, and therefore condition every moment within spacetime?

Discussion. Frank Wilczek would go on to publish many books, articles, and technical papers. To say, “volumunious” would be an understatement. I first met him in January 2013 at MIT. I wanted to know if we could meaningfully multiply the Planck base units by 2 and continue to do it for at least 200 more times. I was asking questions for about 80 of my high school students. To encourage them, I wrote on his blackboard, “KEEP STUDYING THE PLANCK LENGTH!“

We did.^[6] We added Planck Time in 2014. We added the other base units in 2015. We created a horizontally-scrolled chart in 2016. We conjured seven reasons to study this chart in 2017 then focused on six notations. Every day we did a little more analysis until we realized that pi (π) — https://81018.com/csh/ — held the key. First, it was the primary driver between the finite and infinite. That deep-seated continuity, symmetry and harmony throughout the universe was pi (π). And, with all its spheres, there seemed to be endless possibilities.

It seems that our scholars and scientists throughout our little world might want to think about it.

Now, just over ten years since that above picture was taken, I have more questions. Although I sent them along, Frank Wilczek has enough to do without contending with my constant questions; so this time around, I will try to find answers from within one of his books or technical articles. If not, after doing some digging, I’ll do a bit of intuitive guessing and creative writing.

For example, within his book, Fantastic Realities, published in 2006 by World Scientific of Singapore, there are 49 stories that capture the heights and depths of this enterprise called physics. Three of those stories, 15-16-17, are his three articles from Physics Today. Scaling Mount Planck 1-3. In other sections there are at least partial answers to my questions today. It seem that No. 25, In Search of Symmetry Lost, was written for me. In a section, Inspired, Irritated, Inspired with five book reviews, one is titled, Is the Sky Made from Pi? It is a review of Martin Rees 1999 publication, Just Six Numbers, and Michael Rowan Robinson’s, The Nine Numbers of the Universe. It, too, seemed like it was written for me.

In his book, Longing for the Harmonies, again, though published in 1988, many years before we met, it seems as though that it was written for me.

2011: Opening Studies of the Planck Length. I’ve carried a bit of baggage. Way back in 1971 I wrote this page about the foundations of foundations. Continuity, symmetry, and harmony were my baseline concepts. In part it came out of my studies of Plato’s basic geometries and work with the Philomorphs of Harvard’s Arthur Loeb (and his friend, Bucky Fuller). And, in spite of what I had learned about quantum theory, it seems to me that there are what I’ve called, “perfected states within space-time.” As a result, over the years a few physicists told me that my work was idiosyncratic. They would say that the tetrahedron and octahedron are an ideal and never really real. I was an easy target for giving geometry too much standing, so it became increasingly easy to ignore my questions.

These new questions are entirely earnest. Are those 539 tredecillion planckspheres per second a possibility to address the smooth start and early galaxy formation? Is it enough to account for the emergence, inflation, and expansion of the universe? With over 436,117,076,600,000,000 seconds within 13.82 billion years, it seems as though it is just straight-forward math. All notations are always and necessarily active. And, those three faces of pi (π), continuity-symmetry-harmony, give us a broad definition of the infinite and it would seem that it does condition every moment within spacetime.

Wrinkles in time. When we were introduced to the Planck base units (all natural units), and to discussions about them, I was surprised to learn that George Johnstone Stoney of Ireland had done similar calculations 25 years earlier than Planck. Also, I recognize that today we might want to consider calculating new base units using the most-current data of CODATA, NIST, ISO ^[7] and other international agencies for scientific measurements and standardization. Notwithstanding, the Planck’s base units have been a good place to start.

I think Frank Wilczek would agree. And, I also think given the results of our space telescopes, he would agree to a deeper analysis of the exponential notation of a sphere from the Planck base units. It is not such a novel idea anymore. The idea of rewriting big bang cosmology does not sound quite so heretical. Given the fact that none of our leading scientists have ever truly explored exponential notation from natural base units, I would hope that many might say, “Yes, let’s give it a go.”

We had a three-year discussion with Philip Davis of Brown University and NIST and we finally agreed with Davis that the sphere is the best candidate. It has more interior dynamics than any particle or wave.

Conclusions. No one fully grasps PlanckTime: https://81018.com/the-first/ It’s too small. Consider Notation-64, the yoctosecond.^[8] It is one trillionth of a trillionth of a second. The next 64 notations shrink in duration to Planck Time. If we go the other way 64 notations, there are still 15 more doublings before the first second. Here are the foundations of the universe and its mathematics and geometries that are virtually unexplored. Our universe is 202 layers of interdependency, all highly integrated, intricate and enduring. It is high time to truly start exploring all 202 domains.

It is an ecosystem that is the entire universe, everything, everywhere for all time. We all need to learn much more about it. Thank you. -BEC

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References (in process)
As these references are studied, key references and resources will be added.

[1] Frank Wilczek. Retrieved 21 April 2024:
a. Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Wilczek/
b. Correspondence: https://81018.com/wilczek/
c. Personal website: https://frankwilczek.com

[2] Asymptotic freedom. Retrieved 21 April 2024:
a. David Gross – https://81018.com/2016/01/09/gross/
b. Asymptotic freedom – https://81018.com/asymptotic/

[3] Scholars. Retrieved 21 April 2024: https://81018.com/exquisite/#3z

[4] Space telescopes. Retrieved 22 April 2024: https://81018.com/analysis/:
a. George Efstathiou – https://81018.com/reformat/#2z and https://81018.com/efstathiou/
b. Jon Butterworth – https://81018.com/butterworth/
c. Michael Boylan-Kolchin – https://81018.com/jwst/#Boylan
d. Susan Kassin – https://81018.com/kassin/

[5] 539 tredecillion planckspheres per second. Retrieved 21 April 2024: https://81018.com/tredecillion/

[6] 81018.com: Retrieved 21 April 2024:
a. PlackTime (2014) – https://81018.com/plancktime/
b. Base units (2015) – https://81018.com/chart4/
c. Horizontally-scrolled chart (2016) – https://81018.com/chart/
d. Reasons for believe (2017) – https://81018.com/reasons/
e. Notational analysis (2017) – https://81018.com/planck_universe/
f. Pi (π) Foundations – Pi (π) – https://81018.com/csh/

[7]. CODATA, NIST, ISO, NPL. Retrieved 21 April 2024:
a. CODATA – https://81018.com/codata/
b. ISO – https://81018.com/ISO/
c. NIST – https://81018.com/NIST/
d. NPL – https://81018.com/npl/

[8] Infinitesimals – Retrieved on 21 April 2024
Yoctosecond – https://81018.com/the-firsts/#19
Reformat – https://81018.com/reformat/

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Resources (in process)
Personal reflections. As the references are studied, additional resources may be suggested.
• Frank Wilczek continues to make references to big bang cosmology. Given the observations from the JWST and the simplicity of the most-simple exponential notation from the Planck base units, big bang cosmology will be increasingly more difficult to defend. It is just a matter of time before there is a conscresence of leading thinkers who stop referring to it and slowly everybody else will follow.
• David Gross has chaired so many of the historic Solvay Institutes (2005, 2011, 2022, 2023) and has edited even more of the proceedings, he de facto sets the tone for so many scholars and scholarship.
• Stephen Hawking. For six years we tried to get Hawking and his team to see the true magic of exponential notation. We haven’t given up on Alan Guth or Andrei Linde or these others!
• Martin Rees, 1999 publication, Just Six Numbers:A promising introduction, it appears that Sir Martin still holds on to big bang cosmology and has not critically reviewed simple exponential notation from the most simple thing that defines space-time.

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Endnotes & Footnotes Personal reflections. (in process)
• Follow the numbers. Those who defend big bang cosmology have not followed the numbers. They can start right now by looking at this horizontally-scrolled chart. Everything below Notation-143 is within the first second. People can also look at a comparative analysis. Without that first second, James Peebles will not be happy and Sean Carroll can move on.
• More to come.

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Emails Personal reflections. There will be emails to many of our scholars about key points. (in process)
• Frank Wilczek, David Gross, Martin Rees, Alan Guth, Andrei Linde, James Peebles, Sean Carroll
• George Efstathiou, Jon Butterworth, Michael Boylan-Kolchin, Susan Kassin, and …
• More to come.

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IM There will also be many instant messages to thought leaders about these key points. (in process)
• More to come…
• More to come…

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Critique. Your comments are most helpful. This page works with these:
• From the smallest to largest scales: https://81018.com/reformat/
• On identifying keys to our Universe: https://81018.com/tighter/
• The Qualitative: https://81018.com/qualitative/
• Pi Day: https://81018.com/2024-piday/
• Number Theory: https://81018.com/numbers-numbers-numbers/

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Keys to this page, wilczek-revisit

• This page became the homepage on 22 April 2024. It is still “under construction”.
• The last update was 22 April 2024.
• This page was initiated on 18 April 2024.
• The URL for this file is https://81018.com/wilczek-revisit/
• The headline for this article: Questions for Frank Wilczek, Nobel Laureate, Physics, 2004.
• First teaser* is: Back in 2013, Frank Wilczek advised us to keep studying Planck’s numbers.

*Or, wicket, kicker or eyebrow.

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