Hidden Order Representation

Section 2.1 Hidden Order Representation

Many of the most profound ideas in science are rooted in taking on new perspectives to think about physical systems that already have a well-established conventional representation. The big ideas do not emerge from changes in the physical system themselves (nor the methods used to observe and measure them), but rather newfound understandings that reveal hidden structures in how nature functions.

Subsection 2.1.1 Concept Pipeline

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        graph LR
          S[structure] -- "Constraint 🔳" --> O[order]
          O -- "Formalization 🧩" --> R[representation]
          R -- "Inference 🧬" --> F[function]

Figure 2.1.1.

A mermaid diagram showing the concept bridge underlying measured data and the rules the govern it.

Interpretation.

Structure: The underlying ’informational landscape’ describing relations between physical systems.

Informational landscape refers to the totality of relationships, constraints, and physical properties that characterize a physical system independently of any particular representation.
Constraint: The rules, laws, symmetries, or boundary conditions that define the set of feasible states that may emerge from structure.
Order: Patterns, regularities, and organization of physical properties that emerge from constraints on their structure.
Formalization: The encoding of essential relationships between different physical properties into a mathematical language that preserves order.
Representation: A mathematical formulation that encodes physical systems and their properties.
Inference: The logical deduction of physical behavior from a mathematical representation.
Function: Resulting behavior of physical systems that are expressed from the representation of the ordered information.