Theoretical exploration of time’s role in physics highlights varying interpretations across disciplines, suggesting deeper implications.
Across the major branches of physics, the treatment of time varies significantly, suggesting that time may not be a fundamental, universal quantity. In classical mechanics, time is absolute and external: a uniform parameter against which motion is measured. In special and general relativity, time becomes relative—dilated by velocity or gravitational fields—yet remains a coordinate of a fixed space-time manifold. In quantum mechanics, time is typically treated as a classical parameter, not an operator, and its role in phenomena such as measurement, decoherence, and entanglement is often external and poorly defined. Note: The document som_params_by_qubit.csv is from the document Quantum supremacy using a programmable superconducting processor https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1666-5 Note 2: This hypothesis is created for 3 things: 1.- To give my ideas and perspectives on time 2.- to look for work 3.- to get money to continue with my studies.
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