Author(s)

Andrew Walcott Beckwith

Physics Department, College of Physics, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China.

Our contention is that reality is actually analog, but at a critical limit, when the Octonian gravity condition kicks in, for a time it is made to appear discrete. This is due to an initial phase transition just at the start of the big bang. Our second consideration is that symmetry breaking models, i.e. the Higgs boson, are in themselves not appropriate or necessary for the formation of particles with mass just before Octonionic gravity which could arise in pre-Planckian physics models without a potential. Finally, the necessity of potentials for pre-Octonionic gravity physics can be circumvented via judicious use of Scherrer k essence physics.

Continuous and Discrete Space-Time, Octonionic Geometry, Analog Physics

Beckwith, A. (2018) Is Nature Fundamentally Continuous or Discrete, and How Can These Two Different But Very Useful Conceptions Be Fully Reconciled?. Journal of High Energy Physics, Gravitation and Cosmology, 4, 796-813. doi: 10.4236/jhepgc.2018.44045.