Journal of Aeronautics & Aerospace Engineering
Open Access
ISSN: 2168-9792
ISSN: 2168-9792
Department of Aeronautical Engineering, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Review Article
Placing the spacetime interval on a fourth spatial dimension which is conjugate to mass
Author(s): 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.. View More»