Topology at the Planck length

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/15/4/009MaRDI QIDQ4699652zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

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Publication date 18 November 1999

Published in Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9708053

zbMATH Keywords

D-branesPlanck length

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometry of quantum groups (58B32) Geometry and quantization, symplectic methods (81S10) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30)

Abstract: A basic arbitrariness in the determination of the topology of a manifold at the Planck length is discussed. An explicit example is given of a `smooth' change in topology from the 2-sphere to the 2-torus through a sequence of noncommuting geometries. Applications are considered to the theory of D-branes within the context of the proposed $M$(atrix) theory.

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