The Official Anti-AT Post

Some say he's a rodent, while others think he's a #!@#!#@! with no screws on. As for me, it's just "I'm not normal". Well, his grammar sounds better than, ummm.... Let's say Catherine Soanes or Angus Stevenson, editors of Concise Oxford English Dictionary.

Perhaps, such a "hi-end" lingual approach, with exquisite pronunciation is way too crunchy for me to digest. This is probably the reason I couldn't really make out the difference between "example" and "exercise" explicitly. No, wait a minute! "I NO THINK HE NO IN MY LEVEL, I NO NORMAL!" (can anyone help me with my English??) Well, my brain was drenched in unintended humour, but alas! I couldn't let her rift. And yea, how could I forget, "HE NO FOOL I FOOL!". Ouchies, his spot on English is too hard for me to gulp, and not to mention, especially when it comes to "5", "Pi" and "Phi".

You know, when I grow up I wanna keep moustache like none other than him. And just by the stroke of luck, if I happen to be a teacher, I'd be his disciple. Well, as they say: some people live because it's illegal to kill 'em, and I think I know someone who should be knowing this...

Considering a brief analysis, my computer speaks better (woops! I meant worse...) than him. It atleast bothers to learn grammar and pronunciation by reviewing documents and and speech trainings (Oh, did I mentioned he is the Mr. Know-It-All?).

Perhaps, he's the kinda teacher, maybe Jed Kennings or George Bush deserves. Is that about him? Well, no.

The Cosmic Misconception

This was something I didn't expect, atleast from a teacher in charge of 38 Science students. However, misconceptions do happen, and this post is for the due corrections.

According to our teacher, the electromagnetic spectrum comprises "Cosmic rays", Gamma rays, X-rays, UV rays, Visible light, Infrared rays, Microwave rays, and Radio waves/rays. I didn't really like the "Cosmic rays" in the whole equation, all because it's not a EM (ElectroMagnetic) radiation, since:

• It consists of mostly protons, and a little alpha particles, with traces of beta-particles and heavier elements.
• They do not propagate at the speed of light, a charecteristic property of EM radiation.
• They aren't made of photons; the signature content of an EM ray.
• Unlike EM rays, they are modulated by the earth's magnetic field and solar factors.
• Many interactions with earth's atmosphere wouldn't be observed if cosmic rays were to be EM rays

Cosmic rays are blasts of ionizing radiation of extrasolar (at times solar) origins. These rays aren't composed of photons, as mentioned afore, but of protons (at around 90%), alpha particles (9%), beta particles (1%) and traces of elements which mass to range all the way to iron nuclei. Since it's consitiuents haarbor mass, relativity forbid's there propagation at the speed of light. However, it may propagate at relativistic velocities, with unignorable effects like time dilation, lorentz contraction, and so on.

Cosmic radiation comprises particles with extremely high energies (extremes peaking at 50J/particle!!), and are highly ionizing (i.e capable of stripping electrons off the atom's vicinity). Ionizing rays are charecterized by high energies per particle, instead of an intense flood of particles. Gamma rays and X-rays are relatively less ionizing, but have considerable penetrating power, which makes X-rays ideal for certain medical imaging mechanisms.

Cosmic rays may interact with earth's upper atmosphere to generate unstable mesons, and suvh particles, which are to instantaneously decay into X-rays and other forms of particle radiation. Whatever may it be, they're NOT EM rays, and are not included in the EM spectrum.

The Number Game

We all are well familiar with the number line. We define it as the linear arrangement of numbers, bearing every number, from - ∞ to ∞. But the big question, "Is that it?" is something which deserves an answer. For a simple instance, how do we value √-1? When it can be expressed, it ought to exist. But is there somewhere to look for it in our number line?

I'm afraid no. Our number line is linear, and thus has corresponding limitations. It may define the set of real numbers, but when it comes to imaginary numbers, like √-1, it fails. The next question in our list, "Is there a way to define it?"

Inspired by one of my buddies, Akhil, I began thinking about something called a "number plane".
I perceive it different from complex number plane, because it's intended also to include real numbers.

Akhil's number plane was a plot of the super-real infinity versus the sub-real infinity. It was braned by 1; the quadrants above this brane represent numbers till ∞ and -∞, while those below the brane represent numbers till 1/∞ and -1/∞. It was vertically partitioned, to project 0.

My concept of the number plane isn't much different, since it was induced by Akhil's. However in my number plane, imaginary values are also assigned a value, due to the quadratic nature of the plot. Consider the number plane below:

The vertical axis, like in Akhil's number plane, represents 0. However, the brane was eliminated in the system, and replaced by 0. I've termed this point as the "super-point", since it simply can represent the nature of the number line. The quadrants above the super-point is assigned to real numbers; left hand side for the negative ones, right hand side for the positives. On the other end, the imaginary, or the complex numbers are assigned the bottom 2 quadrants. Each of the quadrants are infinitely continual. I shall hereby refer to my number plane as the "number cone".

I've tried developing a way to make it all easier: This system can be compared to 2 distinct number lines, flexed and 2 dimensionally joined. In the below diagram, the system marked red can be compared to a flexed real number line, while the blue system is for the imaginary number system.

One may think, how is a number cone different from 2 distinct number lines? The answer to this question turns out the one beautiful number, 0. 0 is a part of every sub number-systems (except natural and irrational numbers). It's real, as well as imaginary; positive, as well as negative. This makes it a strong glue to adhere real, imaginary, positive and negative, positive imaginary, as well as negative imaginary numbers to a single system. This is the reason why 0 comprises the center of this number plane.

Another concept as I would introduce, the linear number-line projection. Consider the below diagram.

What can be viewed above is a projection of linear number line from the number plane. I've simply implied a simple number plane by horizontally joining any point in the "positive number slope" to its counterpart at the "negative number slope". However, as mentioned afore, there arises a need of scale, when we are to compare a projected linear number line and the flexed number line. Cos (θ/2) will express the required scale, where θ is the angle of flex, in this case being 90 degrees.

This is just one of my ideas, in need of your thoughts and opinions!

The Beauty of a Subject

20th April '09. Just another start at school... The same old hassels, the same old tensions, the same old messups. Though being interesting, I never had that "lust" for Math as I did for Physics. It all had to happen this day, as I fell in love with it. I realised every random "scrible" had its own game of numbers. I realised that beneath every chaos, there's an order; a unique order of numbers. Mathematics is all we need to define anything our eyes can fetch...

Something that even adds to the beauty of this subject is the number: 0. It simply is "nothing", but at the same time, is the sum of every number that could exist, every shape we could define, alias "everything"... It's just another instance of human imagination submitting to Mathematics; it's legitimate to equate everything to nothing! It's a number which reminds us that every positive has it's negative, and every negative harbors a positive. It's a number to break all infinities down to nothing, and lift nothing up to infinity.

0 is not the only beauty Mathematics harbors. The infinite bedlams of infinite infinities is yet another thing to lift me off my feet... For a simple instance, there lies infinite number of infinities between any 2 entities in this infinite continuum of the number line; there are infinite number of infinities between any 2 given number, say 0 and 1. There lies infinite number of numbers between 0 and 1, and each of these numbers have their very own infinities to lay. With anything we do, we're transcending an infinite number of infinities, while our imagination is drenched in an infinity!

Mathematics certainly is not limited by our cosmos, and it can span a continuum larger than we can even think of. Somewhere, it tells us that the cosmos isn't everything that exists, and it's just an infinitely tiny entity of the infinity, or as I would call, the super-infinity, Mathematics defines. What makes this game of infinity even more treacherous is that a super-infinity just couldn't exist! Does this make our existance a paradox? I'll let you think hard...

On one end, mathematics defines everything that can exist, and on the other hand, it contradicts everything that exists! Such is the beauty of Mathematics, the beauty I fell in love with...

iAstro Rolls Online!

Here we are, with a brand new website for the scientist within you! If you were through the link in my previous entry, you probably know what I'm talkin about.. If you didn't, no worries! This is how it works:

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Hey There!

Hey there, people of earth! This is Nasim from Dubai, United Arab Emirates. I'm 15, turning 16 this 8th of November. You can find me in facebook (through google, if you wish) as Mohammed Nasim Rahaman.
Science is my life, music is my passion. I'm totally into science; physics, astronomy and mathematics as said with precision. I also have a website running, in collaboration with one of my buddies. I'm into knowledge based communities like Yahoo! Answers, WikiAnswers, and so on. I enjoy learning new things, thinking about the vast cosmos all around us, (worrying about humanity :P) and just too many more for me to list here! *ouch, my head hurts*
As for music, I enjoy rock, a little away from metal and acid punk. My favourite band in the genre is none other than 30 Seconds to Mars. I do also like electronic and trance, all when it comes to DJ Tiesto and Positively Dark.
That's a li'l something about me! I'll be writing more as I stumble upon more topics t munch on.. Adios!