Publication:3438707

DOI10.1063/1.2138043zbMATH Open1111.83302arXivgr-qc/0410104OpenAlexW2022875435MaRDI QIDQ3438707FDOQ3438707

Louis Crane, J. Daniel Christensen

Publication date: 16 May 2007

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We propose a structure called a causal site to use as a setting for quantum geometry, replacing the underlying point set. The structure has an interesting categorical form, and a natural "tangent 2-bundle," analogous to the tangent bundle of a smooth manifold. Examples with reasonable finiteness conditions have an intrinsic geometry, which can approximate classical solutions to general relativity. We propose an approach to quantization of causal sites as well.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0410104

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Gravitational interaction in quantum theory (81V17) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Categories in geometry and topology (18F99) Noncommutative geometry in quantum theory (81R60)

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