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Emergence of Four Dimensions in the Causal Set Approach to Discrete Quantum Gravity

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2015-02-10 v1

Abstract

One could begin a study like the present one by simply postulating that our universe is four-dimensional. There are ample reasons for doing this. Experience, observation and experiment all point to the fact that we inhabit a four-dimensional universe. Another approach would be to show that four-dimensions arise naturally from a reasonable model of the universe or multiverse. After reviewing the causal set approach to discrete quantum gravity in Section~1, we shall discuss the emergence of four-dimensions in Section~2. We shall see that certain patterns of four arise that suggest the introduction of a 4-dimensional discrete manifold. In the later sections we shall discuss some consequences of this introduced framework. In particular, we will show that quantum amplitudes can be employed to describe a multiverse dynamics. Moreover, a natural unitary operator together with energy, position and momentum operators will be introduced and their properties studied.

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@article{arxiv.1502.02198,
  title  = {Emergence of Four Dimensions in the Causal Set Approach to Discrete Quantum Gravity},
  author = {Stan Gudder},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1502.02198},
  year   = {2015}
}

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25 pages