Quantum gravity via manifold positivity

DOI10.1007/978-3-642-28821-0_6MaRDI QIDQ5261060zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Michael Freedman

Publication date 1 July 2015

Published in Essays in Mathematics and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1008.1045

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Lattice gravity, Regge calculus and other discrete methods in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C27)

Abstract: The macroscopic dimensions of space should not be input but rather output of a general model for physics. Here, dimensionality arises from a recently discovered mathematical bifurcation: positive versus indefinite manifold pairings. It is used to build an action on a formal chain of combinatorial space-times of arbitrary dimension. The context for such actions is 2-field theory where Feynman integrals are not over classical, but previously quantized configurations. A topologically enforced singularity of the action terminates the dimension at four and, in fact, the final fourth dimension is Lorentzian due to light-like vectors in the four dimensional manifold pairing. Our starting point is the action of causal dynamical triangulations but in a dimension-agnostic setting. It is encouraging that some hint of extra small dimensions emerges from our action.

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