2007-02-16 05:29:15 · 3 answers · asked by aquosrouge 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
A multiverse is the realities (our universe among others) that emerge from the Landscape of possibilities. That Landscape (composed of String and M-Theories) is a purely mathematical space, and there are some 10^500 (10 with 500 zeros after it) different mathematical ways to express a universe. So mathematically a universe with our laws of physics HAS to exist because of the huge number of possible universes. Yes there are mathematics that descibe all of these phenomena, but its extremely complex. And as a side note it will be extremely difficult, if not impossible, to experimentally observe other universes and confirm the mathematics. But many, many of the quantum mechanical mathematics that are done to predict the existence of a particle are extremely accurate when confirmed by experiment, so i have faith in those much smarter than i that they know what they're doing.
As a side note, the picture i'm using for my icon is a Calabi-Yau manifold, one of the ways that those 10^500 possibilities can be visualized. This one is only in 3 dimensions to make it comprehensible to us, but the ones used in the mathematics i'm referring to can have thousands of dimension, so you can see where the math gets nasty on that.
2007-02-16 05:55:50 · answer #1 · answered by Beach_Bum 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mathematical proof is difficult to come by, however, String theory and M-theory have supporting mathematical data to suggest an eleven universe multiverse, its all very interesting stuff, but the math is a little over my head. Proof? Not quite... Hypothetical mathematical calculations? Yep.
2007-02-16 13:42:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
beats me.
2007-02-16 13:33:52 · answer #3 · answered by Michael Dino C 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋