Re:The LHC “nightmare scenario” has come true
by jleahy on Saturday August 06, 2016 @07:41PM
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Once we properly understood it we realized Maxwell's equations could be reduced to one equation (the d'Alembert operator applied to the electromagnetic tensor gives 4-current scaled by a constant).
I'm sure whatever turns up for quantum gravity will be hideous to begin with, but then eventually we'll understand it.
It comes from the history of physics. A few equations define classical dynamics. Maxwell's four equations describe electromagnetism. A few short equations define quantum electrodynamics. High-energy physicists have been looking for something equally terse. It just isn't happening.