Worldlines and social networks

Authors

  • László L. Jenkovszky Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 14b Metrologicheskaya Street, Kiev 03143, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6728-3322

Keywords:

worldline, string, brane, social network, attraction, repulsion
Supporting Agencies
The work was supported by the grant of the National Academy of Science of Ukraine («Dynamics of particles and collective excitations», No. 0121U109612). I thank PhD (physics and mathematics) A. Zhokhin for numerous discussions and doctor of science (physics and mathematics) Yu. Shtanov for useful remarks.

Abstract

Familiar laws of physics are applied to study human relations, modelled by their world lines (worldlines) combined with social networks. We focus upon the simplest, basic element of any society: a married couple, stable due to the dynamic balance between attraction and repulsion. By building worldlines (worldsheets), we arrive at a two-level coordinate systems: one describing the behaviour of a string-like binary system (here, a married couple), the other one, external, corresponding to the motion of this couple in the medium, in which the worldline is embedded, sweeping there a string-like sheet or brane. The approach is illustrated by simple examples (semi-quantitative toy models) of worldlines (sheets), open to further extension, perfections and generalisation. Worldlines are combined with social networks. Simple illustrative examples with empirical inputs taken from intuition and (or) observation are appended.

Author Biography

  • László L. Jenkovszky, Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 14b Metrologicheskaya Street, Kiev 03143, Ukraine

    doctor of science (physics and mathematics); leading researcher

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2021-04-13

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Jenkovszky, L.L. 2021. Worldlines and social networks. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Sociology. 1 (Apr. 2021), 23–37. DOI:https://doi.org/10.33581/2521-6821-2021-1-23-37.