Journal of Aeronautics & Aerospace Engineering
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Abstract

Placing the spacetime interval on a fourth spatial dimension which is conjugate to mass

Johan Kirsten

Five dimensional theories have been studied ever since Kaluza first introduced the idea of adding an additional dimension to Einstein’s theory of general relativity. That work was followed up with a vast amount of work, that not only investigated 5 dimensional theories, but multidimensional theories as well. The aim of these theories was nothing less than to unify all of physics under a single theory. This paper presents a novel approach to the problem of combining gravitation with electromagnetism. Three assumptions are made: 1) The spacetime interval is a distance on a fourth spatial dimension; 2) Mass is conjugate to the fourth spatial dimension (first proposed by Ingraham); 3) There is a frame of reference dependant c, called c', that is the velocity in the fourth spatial dimension

Published Date: 2025-01-23;