Mathematical Modeling of Physical Reality: From Numbers to Fractals, Quantum Mechanics and the Standard Model
Marian Kupczynski · 2024
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Marian Kupczynski reflects on what mathematical models can and cannot say about the physical world. His 2024 article traces the long path from the first idea of number to the layered models now used across physics, from fractals to quantum theory and the Standard Model of particles.
Kupczynski argues that each layer of reality, from weather-like bulk behavior down through chemistry, atoms, and nuclei, needs its own model and its own shortcuts, and each shortcut fails outside its zone. He questions faith in a final theory of everything once gravity and quantum theory are joined. Our senses and prior beliefs bend how we see the world, he warns, so the models stay approximations rather than full truth.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Marian Kupczynski |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 109 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |