String-inspired infinite-derivative theories of gravity: A brief overview

DOI10.1142/S021773231540009XzbMath1307.83037arXiv1412.4256MaRDI QIDQ5178794

Spyridon Talaganis, Tirthabir Biswas

Publication date: 17 March 2015

Published in: Modern Physics Letters A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1412.4256

zbMATH Keywords

metric perturbationsspacetime singularitiesmodifications of general relativity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) Classes of solutions; algebraically special solutions, metrics with symmetries for problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C20) Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75)

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