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…f spatial regions. However, William and the astronaut will agree about the order in which time-like separated events occur: first Harold is crowned, and then Harold is slain. Figure 1: An observer on Earth and an astronaut traveling away with velocity c/2 will describe two different foliations of spacetime into space-like hypersurfaces of simultaneity. On the other hand, an accelerating observer will not generally agree about the order in which th…
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…particular, it would allow for quick clarificatory questions, and even back-and-forth discussions of important results between author and reviewer, before a finalized report is submitted to the editor. Incentives for high-quality reviews. Most journals don’t offer you an incentive to do a good job in a timely manner. A monetary compensation for well-done reviews is the obvious thing to do. Authors might even be willing to pay a submission fee for…
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…had to head over to Sony Pictures Imageworks. Sony lent Rokicki their super-computers during the idle-time between productions, which allowed him to grind through cube positions much more quickly. Yes, the very same computers that brought you Spiderman 3 now bring you “God’s Algorithm” for the Rubik’s Cube. Unfortunately, you won’t be able to impress your friends with arbitrary 23-move solutions using your laptop — the computing power you would ne…
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…ur Hamiltonian satisfies . Therefore, The differential equation is well-known to be indeterministic, following a much-discussed example of John Norton (2008 / animated summary). But let me make it explicit: a Bohmian particle with this initial configuration is compatible with a continuum of future trajectories all satisfying the Guidance Equation. Namely, for any arbitrary time . (We restrict our attention to times during which the particl…
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