Shannon’s coding theorem says that below the channel capacity C the error can be made arbitrarily small. This paper asks whether C itself is attainable──the answer is not at any finite blocklength. No new mathematical theorem and no new law is claimed. Scope of this paper (scope note): No new mathematical theorem and n...
Yuuki Yamagishi· Zenodo (CERN European Organi...· 0 citations
That a weather forecast cannot reach beyond a certain horizon is due neither to missing equations nor to slow computers. This paper asks what sets the limit──the answer is one number, the error doubling time tau_d. No new mathematical theorem and no new law is claimed. Scope of this paper (scope note): No new mathemati...
Yuuki Yamagishi· Zenodo (CERN European Organi...· 0 citations
The spread of a polymer chain is fixed by a power of the number of units N. For a Gaussian chain it is N^1/2, and for a self-avoiding chain N^0.588. This paper asks where that difference comes from and where it disappears──the answer is the count 2+2=4. No new mathematical theorem and no new law is claimed. Scope of th...
Yuuki Yamagishi· Zenodo (CERN European Organi...· 0 citations
The Yoneda lemma says that an object is completely determined by its relations to every other object. This paper asks about that word every: where does the separating power fall when the probe is weakened? And the loss turned out not to be governed by the strength of the probe. No new mathematical theorem and no new la...
Yuuki Yamagishi· Zenodo (CERN European Organi...· 0 citations
The Yoneda lemma says that an object is completely determined by its relations to every other object. This paper asks about that word every: where does the separating power fall when the probe is weakened? And the loss turned out not to be governed by the strength of the probe. No new mathematical theorem and no new la...
Yuuki Yamagishi· Zenodo (CERN European Organi...· 0 citations
The Yoneda lemma says that an object is completely determined by its relations to every other object. This paper asks about that word every: where does the separating power fall when the probe is weakened? And the loss turned out not to be governed by the strength of the probe. No new mathematical theorem and no new la...
Yuuki Yamagishi· Zenodo (CERN European Organi...· 0 citations
Why is time one-dimensional? The answer offered here is that no law decrees it; the requirement that one be able to predict allows nothing else. The equations of a universe with two times can be written, and their solutions exist. What breaks is prediction. No new mathematical theorem and no new law is claimed. Scope o...
Yuuki Yamagishi· Zenodo (CERN European Organi...· 0 citations
Why is time one-dimensional? The answer offered here is that no law decrees it; the requirement that one be able to predict allows nothing else. The equations of a universe with two times can be written, and their solutions exist. What breaks is prediction. No new mathematical theorem and no new law is claimed. Scope o...
Yuuki Yamagishi· Zenodo (CERN European Organi...· 0 citations
When four pi turns up in a biological setting, is it a coincidence of numbers or the same root? This paper treats exactly one case: the four pi in the rate at which a cell captures molecules is the same solid angle as in Gauss's law. Not by analogy, but because it is the same equation. No new mathematical theorem and n...
Yuuki Yamagishi· Zenodo (CERN European Organi...· 0 citations
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