HIERARCHIES OF DESCRIPTIVE LEVELS IN PHYSICAL THEORY.
Abstract
It is shown that if we attempt to build up a mathematical system for the description of physical phenomena, on the assumption that the essential observations are two-valued, so that the appropriate algebra is the field of char acteristic two, we are led to formulate a hierarchical system. The principal entities in this system are matrices over the field J2 whose orders increase in successive levels. A rule for constructing the various levels of the hierarchy is given, and it is shown that in non-trivial cases the number of levels is always finite. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1961
- Accession Number
- AD0416504
Entities
People
- A.f. Parkerrhodes