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NATURE’S STARTLING CLUE — CONFORMAL SYMMETRY | by Robert Oldershaw | Medium

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Key Words: Benford’s Law, Scale Invariance, Linear Recursion, Self-Similarity, Conformal Symmetry, Relative Scale Abstract: Given the near universality of the Benford/Newcomb Law of First Digits, and the ubiquity of fractal self-similarity observed throughout nature from the smallest to largest scales, it is argued that nature’s most fundamental geometry may be conformal geometry, which is universally present in full, partial, and discrete/broken forms. As a consequence, the assumption of absolute scale may apply only in restricted contexts, whereas relative scale may be the more dominant principle for the cosmos as a whole. Robert L. Oldershaw I. Simon Newcomb In the 1880s Simon Newcomb, a noted astronomer and mathematician, discovered something very odd. It was well before fancy calculators and so when scientists had to do complex mathematical calculations, they needed to use logarithm tables. Newcomb noticed that the first couple of pages (associated with numbers beginning with 1 an

Robert Oldershaw 19 min read · Jun 19, 2017 -- 10 Listen Share Solar Eclipse NATURE’S STARTLING CLUE — CONFORMAL SYMMETRY Key Words: Benford’s Law, Scale Invariance, Linear Recursion, Self-Similarity, Conformal Symmetry, Relative Scale Abstract: Given the near universality of the Benford/Newcomb Law of First Digits, and the ubiquity of fractal self-similarity observed throughout nature from the smallest to largest scales, it is argued that nature’s most fundamental geometry may be conformal geometry, which is universally present in full, partial, and discrete/broken forms. As a consequence, th

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