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holographic principle and the surface of last scatter

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Ano<strong>the</strong>rramification,<strong>of</strong>mysolution<strong>of</strong><strong>the</strong>dark<br />

energy, problem is <strong>the</strong> status, fundamental versus<br />

emergent, <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> three spatial dimensions,<br />

that we all observe every day. Because <strong>the</strong> solution<br />

assumes <strong>the</strong> <strong>holographic</strong> <strong>principle</strong>, at least<br />

one spatial dimension appears as emergent. Regarding<br />

<strong>the</strong> visible universe as a sphere, with<br />

radius <strong>of</strong> about 48 Gly, <strong>the</strong> emergent space dimension<br />

is <strong>the</strong>n, in spherical polar coordinates,<br />

<strong>the</strong> radial coordinate, while <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r two coordinates,<br />

<strong>the</strong> polar <strong>and</strong> azimuthal angles, remain<br />

fundamental. Physical intuition, related<br />

to <strong>the</strong> isotropy <strong>of</strong> space, may suggest that, if<br />

one space dimension is emergent, <strong>the</strong>n so must<br />

be all three. This merits fur<strong>the</strong>r investigation,<br />

<strong>and</strong> may require a generalization <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>holographic</strong><br />

<strong>principle</strong>. On <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r h<strong>and</strong>, a fundamental<br />

time coordinate is useful in dynamics.<br />

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