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New visualization software makes viewing and interacting with enormous data sets more practical.
The Morse-Smale complex allows scientists to study molecular surfaces, such as the one shown here, in useful ways. For instance, the surface of this molecule contains peaks and troughs, which are important in how it interacts with other molecules. The software algorithm developed by researchers at the University of California, Davis, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory can identify the deepest cavities (green dots) and highest protrusions (blue dots) that fall within any boundary (yellow lines) defined by the researchers.
Credit: Attila Gyulassy/UC Davis
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The Laws of Spatial Dynamics
The modelling algorithm used to provide the surface details of this computer enhancement, has in effect, revealed just one of a whole unique set of paramaters used in various subatomic reactions to define their functions. They do that by responding to a 'codex' laid down in the first micro-seconds of the Big Bang which apply across the full spectrum of creation which I call the "Laws of Spatial Dynamics." These remarkably simple set of instructions possess an equally remarkable degree of inherent complexity. About close as you can possibly get to actually proving that a Unified Field Theory does exist.
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Re: The Laws of Spatial Dynamics
A few observations:
a) This modeling is strictly on a molecular level.
b) Early Big-Bang modeling is on atomic sub particle level, which is orders of magnitude more complicated then molecular surface modeling.
c) Speaking about Unified Field theory: If the implication is to the grand unified theory then this article might not be the best to connect to.
However, Gödel’s incompleteness theorem casts a long shadow on the Unified Theory. Stephen Hawking, e.g. refers to this as well, and he knows a lot about particle physics and the limitations involved.
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