The issue of the beginning in quantum gravity

DOI10.1007/978-0-8176-4940-1_18MaRDI QIDQ3108332zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Abhay Ashtekar

Publication date 2 January 2012

Published in Einstein and the Changing Worldviews of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0605078, http://cds.cern.ch/record/947311

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) History of relativity and gravitational theory (83-03)

Abstract: The goal of this report is to provide an up to date account of results on the quantum nature of the big bang, obtained in loop quantum cosmology. They suggest a radical modification of the paradigm provided by general relativity for the issue of the Beginning. The article is addressed primarily to historians and philosophers of science.

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