The Hypersphere Model of Gravity: Time as the Driving Force of Curvature (improved expression by AI)
However, gravity emerges not from curved spacetime in the traditional sense, but from the interplay between time’s outward progression and the presence of mass. Mass obstructs the smooth expansion of time, slowing its local progression and thereby creating what we recognise as gravitational wells.
Imagine the expanding radius as an outward-moving wave, like a ripple across water. Matter acts as an obstruction, distorting the flow of time near it. Since time drives the universe's expansion, any local deceleration of time equates to a curvature in space, analogous to gravity. This framework provides a natural link between Kip Thorne’s intuition that time might cause gravity and observable relativistic effects, offering a fresh perspective on the fundamental nature of gravitational interactions.
By expressing gravity as a consequence of time’s progression rather than independent spacetime curvature, this model seeks to provide a geometric foundation for unifying gravity and quantum mechanics while addressing key open questions about cosmic expansion, gravitational time dilation, and the emergence of spacetime structure.
Hypothesis Overview:
In this model, the universe is conceptualised as a 3-dimensional spatial surface of a 4-dimensional hypersphere, where the radius of the hypersphere represents time and expands at the speed of light. As the radius grows, the circumference—the 3-dimensional space of our universe—naturally expands, accounting for cosmic expansion.However, gravity emerges not from curved spacetime in the traditional sense, but from the interplay between time’s outward progression and the presence of mass. Mass obstructs the smooth expansion of time, slowing its local progression and thereby creating what we recognise as gravitational wells.
Imagine the expanding radius as an outward-moving wave, like a ripple across water. Matter acts as an obstruction, distorting the flow of time near it. Since time drives the universe's expansion, any local deceleration of time equates to a curvature in space, analogous to gravity. This framework provides a natural link between Kip Thorne’s intuition that time might cause gravity and observable relativistic effects, offering a fresh perspective on the fundamental nature of gravitational interactions.
By expressing gravity as a consequence of time’s progression rather than independent spacetime curvature, this model seeks to provide a geometric foundation for unifying gravity and quantum mechanics while addressing key open questions about cosmic expansion, gravitational time dilation, and the emergence of spacetime structure.