On beginning to grasp the work of Christof Wetterich…

Christof Wetterich, Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Heidelberg
Philosophenweg 16, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany

Articles: How Did the Universe Begin: Hot Big Bang or Slow Thaw?
Slow, cold start to universe suggested, Jan 2014
ArXiv (155):
•  Quantum Scale Symmetry, 2019, https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.04741
•  Inflation, quintessence, and the origin of mass: https://arxiv.org/abs/1408.0156
•  Eternal Universe: https://arxiv.org/abs/1404.0535
•  Hot big bang or slow freeze: https://arxiv.org/abs/1401.5313CV
Homepage(s): Publications, Wikipedia, YouTube

Reference within this website:  Simple, Logical, and Exponential

Second Email: 24 April 2023 @ 10:33 PM

Dear Prof. Dr. Christof Wetterich:

I remember writing to you sometime within the past few years but thought that I had no record of it. Then I discovered, even in 2017, I had started a reference page to your work: https://81018.com/wetterich/ (this page)

Although apparently part of the basic logic of the cosmological model, my focus is on your statement, “These fluctuations are the seed for the structure in the Universe, and therefore of our existence.”  Along with that article, I continue to survey your lectures and links on your homepage as well as the other related ArXiv articles.  I have two quick questions:

1. I am looking for someone who is trying to discern the causal efficacies for symmetry. Where does it come from? Why is it so pervasive? Are you working on it?

2. Of course, we have over 100 trillion digits of pi. It has got to be the longest, oldest, most used continuity equation. Are you doing any analysis of the very nature of continuity?

Thank you.

Most sincerely,

Bruce

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First email: Sunday, July 2, 2017 at 7:41 PM

Dear Prof Dr. Christof Wetterich:

Why not go back to Planck’s original formulation for Planck Length and Planck Time and develop a scale? Yes, just multiply them by 2. That’d be the simplest, most natural inflation there could be.

Infinite past is eternity and that requires defining the infinite in new ways. Can we agree to put that on ice for awhile?

Also, I believe we are redefining that scalar field a bit. We can give them values for every point in space and time right up to the CERN-scale (as well as beyond to the Age of the Universe). That prior link goes to a horizontally-scrolled chart. Here is a link to the vertically-scrolled chart.

It is idiosyncratic, but all new work starts out in that silo. I say that it is just a bunch of numbers with an inherent logic in search of a good theory.

Can you help us? Are we all wet? Please!

Thanks.

Bruce