The causal set approach to quantum gravity

DOI10.1007/s41114-019-0023-1zbMath1442.83029arXiv1903.11544OpenAlexW3103136137WikidataQ126035417 ScholiaQ126035417MaRDI QIDQ2003866

Sumati Surya

Publication date: 5 October 2020

Published in: Living Reviews in Relativity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1903.11544

zbMATH Keywords

quantum gravitycausalitydiscretenesscausal set theoryposet theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Gravitational interaction in quantum theory (81V17) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C47)

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