Graphs of the Hypographs - Is That Something That Pops Out of Your Model?

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Inrelativity is the same kind of thing n quantum mechanics. We have what we call quantum observation frames, which represent this corresponds to a particular state of the quantum world. And you can think of these points in branchial space, which are histories of the universe, as being a different quantumigan states. So there's many different kinds of grafts yet show up. The ones that are the most common and coloured bluish arm are the hypegraphs that represent the instantaneous structure of space. There are then these multiway grafts that represents the the branching and merging of quantum histories. Then there are brancho graps, which are traditionally pink in our world, and that represent the

It’s not easy, figuring out the fundamental laws of physics. It’s even harder when your chosen methodology is to essentially start from scratch, positing a simple underlying system and a simple set of rules for it, and hope that everything we know about the world somehow pops out. That’s the project being undertaken by Stephen Wolfram and his collaborators, who are working with a kind of discrete system called “hypergraphs.” We talk about what the basic ideas are, why one would choose this particular angle of attack on fundamental physics, and how ideas like quantum mechanics and general relativity might emerge from this simple framework.

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Stephen Wolfram received his Ph.D. in physics from Caltech. He is the founder and CEO of Wolfram Research, and the creator of Mathematica, Wolfram|Alpha, and the Wolfram Language. Among his awards are a MacArthur Fellowship. Among his books is A New Kind of Science. He recently launched the Wolfram Physics Project.

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