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On the dynamics of Perez Lauraudogoitia's supertask
pp. 325-337
Abstrakt
The supertasks described by Perez Laraudogoitia, involving the dynamics of a system containing an infinite number of particles in a bounded region of space, are characterized by the nonconservation of energy and by the spontaneous motion of particles (“self-excitation”'). We argue that these features arise from the inadequacy of the local, particle-by-particle description used to analyze the supertasks. A global analysis, involving embeddings in Hilbert spaces, clarifies these supertasks and avoids what we regard as their nonphysical features.
Publication details
Published in:
(1999) Synthese 119 (3).
Seiten: 325-337
Referenz:
Bridger Mark, Alper Joseph S. (1999) „On the dynamics of Perez Lauraudogoitia's supertask“. Synthese 119 (3), 325–337.