The heuristic power of theory classification, the case of general relativity

DOI10.1007/s10701-022-00614-5OpenAlexW4294344623MaRDI QIDQ2172076

Nicolás Sepúlveda-Quiroz, Diego Maltrana

Publication date: 14 September 2022

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-022-00614-5

zbMATH Keywords

quantum gravitygeneral relativityframework theoriesinteraction theories

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Gravitational interaction in quantum theory (81V17) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Macroscopic interaction of the gravitational field with matter (hydrodynamics, etc.) (83C55) Physics (00A79)

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