The Riddle of Gravitation

There is no doubt that both the special and general theories of relativity capture the imagination. The anti-intuitive properties of the special theory of relativity and its deep philosophical implications, the bizzare and dazzling predictions of the general theory of relativity: the curvature of spacetime, the exotic characteristics of black holes, the bewildering prospects of gravitational waves, the discovery of astronomical objects as quasers and pulsers, the expansion and the (possible) recontraction of the universe..., are all breathtaking phenomena. In this paper, we give a philosophical non-technical treatment of both the special and the general theory of relativity together with an exposition of some of the latest physical theories. We then give an outline of an axiomatic approach to relativity theories due to Andreka and Nemeti that throws light on the logical structure of both theories. This is followed by an exposition of some of the bewildering results established by Andreka and Nemeti concerning the foundations of mathematics using the notion of relativistic computers. We next give a survey on the meaning and philosophical implications of the the quantum theory and end the paper by an imaginary debate between Einstein and Neils Bohr reflecting both Einstein's and Bohr's philosophical views on the quantum world. The paper is written in a somewhat untraditional manner; there are too many footnotes. In order not to burden the reader with all the details, we have collected the more advanced material the footnotes. We think that this makes the paper easier to read and simpler to follow. The paper in full is adressed more to experts.Comment: 40 pages, LaTeX-fil

New SU(1, 1) Position-Dependent Effective Mass Coherent States for the Generalized Shifted Harmonic Oscillator

A new SU(1, 1) position-dependent effective mass coherent states (PDEM CS) related to the shifted harmonic oscillator (SHO) are deduced. This is accomplished by applying a similarity transformation to the generally deformed oscillator algebra (GDOA) generators for PDEM system and construct a new set of operators which close the su(1, 1) Lie algebra, being the PDEM CS of the basis for its unitary irreducible representation. The residual potential is associated to the SHO. From the Lie algebra generators, we evaluate the uncertainty relationship for a position and momentum-like operators in the PDEM CS and show that it is minimized in the sense of Barut-Girardello CS. We prove that the deduced PDEM CS preserve the same analytical form than those of Glauber states. We show that the probability density of dynamical evolution in the PDEM CS oscillates back and forth as time goes by and behaves as classical wave packet.Comment: 13 page

On (n,m)(n,m)-AA-normal and (n,m)(n,m)-AA-quasinormal semi-Hilbertian space operators

summary:The purpose of the paper is to introduce and study a new class of operators on semi-Hilbertian spaces, i.e. spaces generated by positive semi-definite sesquilinear forms. Let ${\mathcal H}$ be a Hilbert space and let $A$ be a positive bounded operator on ${\mathcal H}$. The semi-inner product $\langle h\mid k\rangle _A:=\langle Ah\mid k\rangle$, $h,k \in {\mathcal H}$, induces a semi-norm $\|{\cdot }\|_A$. This makes ${\mathcal H}$ into a semi-Hilbertian space. An operator $T\in {\mathcal B}_A({\mathcal H})$ is said to be $(n,m)$-$A$-normal if $[T^n,(T^{\sharp _A})^m]:=T^n(T^{\sharp _A})^m-(T^{\sharp _A})^mT^n=0$ for some positive integers $n$ and $m$

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