A few weeks ago, I asked the question: what if you’re inside a universe, and you want to know whether space is curved?

Now I want to ask a more specific question: what if you’re inside a universe, and you want to measure the curvature of space?

It’s important because getting a measure of the curvature of the hypergraph takes us one step further in Jonathan Gorard’s derivation of General Relativity from Wolfram Physics.

Einstein’s equations relate the curvature of space to the presence of matter. So if we’re going to prove that Einstein’s equations follow from the Wolfram model, we’re going to need that measure of the curvature of the hypergraph.

Once again, a two-dimensional crab comes to the rescue, given us a way to measure the curvature of a universe from inside that universe.

There’s algebra in this one, but I think it’s important to dig deep into curvature, since it’s a crucial to the nature of our universe.

Over the next couple of episodes, though, as well as releasing another exposition from Jonathan Gorard, I’ll be taking a playful look at Stephen Wolfram himself, no algebra required!

Mark

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The Last Theory is hosted by Mark Jeffery, founder of Open Web Mind