Six new mechanics corresponding to further shape theories

DOI10.1142/S0218271816500449zbMATH Open1342.81017arXiv1505.00488MaRDI QIDQ2809082FDOQ2809082

Edward Anderson

Publication date: 27 May 2016

Published in: International Journal of Modern Physics D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A suite of relational notions of shape are presented at the level of configuration space geometry, with corresponding new theories of shape mechanics and shape statistics. These further generalize two quite well known examples: --1) Kendall's (metric) shape space with his shape statistics and Barbour's mechanics thereupon. 0) Leibnizian relational space alias metric scale-and-shape space to which corresponds Barbour-Bertotti mechanics. This paper's new theories include, using the invariant and group namings, 1) $Angle$ alias $conformal$ $shape$ $mechanics$. 2) $Arearatio$ alias $affine$ $shape$ $mechanics$. 3) $Area$ alias $affine$ $scale$-$and$-$shape$ $mechanics$. 1) to 3) rest respectively on angle space, area-ratio space, and area space configuration spaces. Probability and statistics applications are also pointed to in outline. 4) Various supersymmetric counterparts of -1) to 3) are considered. Since supergravity differs considerably from GR-based conceptions of Background Independence, some of the new supersymmetric shape mechanics are compared with both. These reveal compatibility between supersymmetry and GR-based conceptions of Background Independence, at least within these simpler model arenas.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1505.00488

zbMATH Keywords

relational mechanicsshape theoryshape statisticsbackground independent quantum gravity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Physics (00A79) General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Supergravity (83E50) Axiomatics, foundations (70A05)

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