Classical mechanics
Given that
Coulomb's inverse-square law [1]
takes the form of
Newton's law of universal gravitation [2]
if we write:
It seems reasonable to explore the use of complex numbers, as a data structure,
to treat electrostatics in a gravitational context.
Given the assumption:
Mass would be:
A complex gravitational potential defined as:
would hold enouh information to describe the classical static interaction with a different body. Which could provide a framework to justify why
we don't seem to messure direct attraction/repulsion between
mass and charge, since the representation of this interaction
is caught in the imaginary part of:
Special Relativity
Consider a complex Momentum P
: mass energy contribution
: charge energy contribution
To write:
being:
Which suggests that magnetic forces could be expressed in terms of P.
Electromagnetism
The description of Gravitoelectromagnetism [3]
already gives us a good picture of the pattern. Converting Coloumbs into Kilograms using the following convertion factor,
and allowing variables to be complex:
The full set of equations could be written as:
Subscripts m and e,
refer to massive and electric quantities.
Lastly
A complex number seems to be a suitable data structure to hold information about energy for certain calculations.
Schrodinger equation,
already deals with complex numbers, perhaps it is describing something similar.
The energy of a photon would be a complex number too, just as the energy of an electron,
making the absortion/emmision of a photon, comprehensible in terms of energy flow.
The study of a complex metric tensor, as the result of expressing it in terms of a complex potential, is left out of this document, and
would be the subject of a second document.
Schwarzschild radius would be a complex number, which suggests that a change in the frame of reference could allow us to express
the metric in terms of real numbers, forcing us to rotate, in the complex sense, the 4 momentum of a test particle, which would make
it look with a different mass/charge distribution, even with negative mass, which in turn suggests that mass could be a relative quantity.
References
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