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arXiv 0907.0216physics.gen-phgr-qc
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非唯一的宇宙

The non-unique Universe

Gordon McCabe

摘要:

本文的目的是借助数理逻辑中的概念和定理,阐明多元宇宙的存在在数学物理中是逻辑必然的条件,以及哥德尔不完备性定理对万物理论的意义。在最后一节中得到三个结论:(i)我们宇宙的结构理论可能是一个不可判定的理论,这构成了数学物理的一个潜在的认识论极限,但是因为这样的理论必须是完整的,所以对于存在一个最终的万物理论没有本体论障碍;(ii)在数理逻辑方面,有两种不同类型的多元宇宙:类的非同构,但elementarily等价的模型,和类的模型,这是既非同构和elementarily不等价的;(iii)对于一个假设的理论的一切只有一个可能的模型,从而否定可能存在的多元宇宙,该理论必须是这样的,它承认只有一个有限的模型。

英文摘要:

The purpose of this paper is to elucidate, by means of concepts and theorems drawn from mathematical logic, the conditions under which the existence of a multiverse is a logical necessity in mathematical physics, and the implications of Godel's incompleteness theorem for theories of everything. Three conclusions are obtained in the final section: (i) the theory of the structure of our universe might be an undecidable theory, and this constitutes a potential epistemological limit for mathematical physics, but because such a theory must be complete, there is no ontological barrier to the existence of a final theory of everything; (ii) in terms of mathematical logic, there are two different types of multiverse: classes of non-isomorphic but elementarily equivalent models, and classes of model which are both non-isomorphic and elementarily inequivalent; (iii) for a hypothetical theory of everything to have only one possible model, and to thereby negate the possible existence of a multiverse, that theory must be such that it admits only a finite model.

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