The strange equation of quantum gravity

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/32/12/124005zbMATH Open1320.83011arXiv1506.00927OpenAlexW1516325587MaRDI QIDQ5264444FDOQ5264444

Carlo Rovelli

Publication date: 27 July 2015

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

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.

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

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zbMATH Keywords

quantum gravityWheeler-DeWitt equationcanonical general relativity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies (01A70) 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) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-02) History of relativity and gravitational theory (83-03)

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