The strange equation of quantum gravity

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/32/12/124005MaRDI QIDQ5264444zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Carlo Rovelli

Publication date 27 July 2015

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1506.00927

zbMATH Keywords

canonical general relativityquantum gravityWheeler-DeWitt equation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies (01A70) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-02) History of relativity and gravitational theory (83-03) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

Abstract: Disavowed by one its fathers, ill defined, never empirically tested, the Wheeler-DeWitt equation has nevertheless had a powerful influence on fundamental physics. A well deserved one.

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