Posted: Dec 16, 2011 4:23 am
twistor59 wrote:Anybody know how it works ?
Well I didn't until I posted this http://www.rationalskepticism.org/mathematics/physical-discontinuity-and-calculating-the-smallest-volume-t27829.html on the math Forum. Teuton gave a great reference.
"According to loop quantum gravity, space is made of discrete atoms each of which carries a very tiny unit of volume. … One consequence of this is that there is a smallest possible volume. This minimum volume is miniscule – about 1099 of them would fit into a thimble. If you tried to halve a region of this volume, the result would not be two regions each with half that volume. Instead, the process would create two new regions which together would have more volume than you started with. We describe this by saying that the attempt to measure a unit of volume smaller than the minimal size alters the geometry of the space in a way that allows more volume to be created."
(Smolin, Lee. Three Roads to Quantum Gravity. New York: Basic Books, 2001. p. 106)"