Chen, Lu and March, Eleanor and Read, James (2024) Equivalence, reduction, and sophistication in teleparallel gravity. [Preprint]

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Abstract

We discuss the (in)equivalence of various formulations of teleparallel gravity, building upon recent work by Weatherall and Meskhidze (2024). We then think about these different versions of teleparallel gravity from the point of view of reduction/sophistication---a distinction drawn by Dewar (2019) in the context of philosophical literature on symmetries---and along the way introduce and scrutinise the resources of Cartan geometry and of higher gauge theory.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Chen, Lu chen.l@usc.edu March, Eleanor eleanor.march@balliol.ox.ac.uk Read, James james.read@philosophy.ox.ac.uk
Keywords:	Teleparallel gravity, general relativity, theoretical equivalence, categorical equivalence, reduction, sophistication, Cartan geometry, higher gauge theory
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory Specific Sciences > Physics > Symmetries/Invariances
Depositing User:	Dr. James Read
Date Deposited:	26 Aug 2024 14:53
Last Modified:	26 Aug 2024 14:53
Item ID:	23834
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory Specific Sciences > Physics > Symmetries/Invariances
Date:	26 August 2024
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/23834

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