Forks in the road, on the way to quantum gravity (Q1388177)
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Forks in the road, on the way to quantum gravity (English)
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10 March 1999
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The author shares his views on quantum gravity, taking for granted that it reconciles general relativity and quantum mechanics. In particular, he advocates (a) the sum-over-geometries formalism against the canonical quantization approach of quantum fields, essentially because of the `time problem'; (b) a Lorentzian metric with a dynamic topology; (c) a constraint over spacetime volume for improving convergence.
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quantum gravity
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sum-over-geometries formalism
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time problem
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dynamic topology
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spacetime volume
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