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Exotic smoothness and particle physics

High Energy Physics - Theory 2011-04-15 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

Short introduction to exotic differential structures on manifolds is given. The possible physical context of this mathematical curiosity is discussed. The topic is very interesting although speculative.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9604137,
  title  = {Exotic smoothness and particle physics},
  author = {Jan Sladkowski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9604137},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

8 pages, pure LaTeX, Lecture given at the conference Particle Physics and Astrophysics in the Standard Model and Beyond, Bystra (Poland), September 1995