Wuthrich, Christian and Huggett, Nick (2020) Out of Nowhere: Spacetime from causality: causal set theory. [Preprint]
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This is a chapter of the planned monograph "Out of Nowhere: The Emergence of Spacetime in Quantum Theories of Gravity", co-authored by Nick Huggett and Christian Wüthrich and under contract with Oxford University Press. (More information at www.beyondspacetime.net.) This chapter introduces causal set theory and identifies and articulates a 'problem of space' in this theory.
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| Additional Information: | 29 pages, 5 figures | |||||||||
| Keywords: | Quantum gravity, causal set theory, spacetime, emergence | |||||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Gravity Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory |
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| Depositing User: | Christian Wuthrich | |||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 21 May 2020 22:47 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 21 May 2020 22:47 | |||||||||
| Item ID: | 17202 | |||||||||
| Official URL: | https://beyondspacetime.net/publication-c/out-of-n... | |||||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Gravity Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory |
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| Date: | 21 May 2020 | |||||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/17202 |
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