Abstract
In this paper a simple model in particle dynamics of a well-known supertask is constructed (the supertask was introduced by Max Black some years ago). As a consequence, a new and simple result about creation ex nihilo of particles can be proved compatible with classical dynamics. This result cannot be avoided by imposing boundary conditions at spatial infinity, and therefore is really new in the literature. It follows that there is no reason why even a world of rigid spheres should be eternal, as has been erroneously assumed, especially since the time of Newton.
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Laraudogoitia, J.P. Infinity Machines and Creation Ex Nihilo. Synthese 115, 259–265 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005095006443
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Keywords
- Temporal Inversion
- Elastic Collision
- World Line
- Classical Dynamic
- Rigid Sphere