Rovelli, Carlo (2019) Natural discrete differential calculus in physics. [Preprint]
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We sharpen a recent observation by Tim Maudlin: differential calculus is a natural language for physics only if additional structure, like the definition of a Hodge dual or a metric, is given; but the discrete version of this calculus provides this additional structure for free.
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| Keywords: | Discreteness, Field theory, Structure of Space, Quantum Gravity. | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Fields and Particles Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Gravity |
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| Depositing User: | Carlo Rovelli | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 09 Feb 2019 14:03 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 11 Jul 2024 13:13 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 15726 | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Fields and Particles Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Gravity |
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| Date: | 8 February 2019 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/15726 |
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