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General Relativity on Random Operators

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2008-10-15 v1

Abstract

We present a mathematical structure which unifies mathematical structures of general relativity and quantum mechanics. It consists of the noncommutative algebra of compactly supported, complex valued functions A{\mathcal A}, with convolution as multiplication, on a groupoid Γ\Gamma the base of which is the total space EE of the frame bundle over space-time MM. A differential geometry based on derivations of A{\mathcal A} suitably generalizes the standard differential geometry of space-time, and the algebra A{\mathcal A}, when represented in a bundle of Hilbert spaces, defines a von Neumann algebra M{\mathcal M} of random operators that generalizes the usual quantum mechanics. The main result of the present paper is that there exists a space M0{\mathcal M_0}, dense in M{\mathcal M}, that is isomorphic with the algebra A{\mathcal A}. This isomorphism allows us to transfer all differentially geometric constructions, generalized Einstein's equations including, made with the help of A{\mathcal A} (and its derivations) to the space M0{\mathcal M_0}. In this way, we obtain a generalization of general relativity in terms of random operators on a bundle of Hilbert spaces. However, this generalization cannot be extended to the whole of M{\mathcal M}, and this is the main mathematical obstacle, at least in this approach, to fully unify theory of gravity with physics of quanta.

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@article{arxiv.0810.2404,
  title  = {General Relativity on Random Operators},
  author = {Michael Heller and Leszek Pysiak and Wieslaw Sasin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0810.2404},
  year   = {2008}
}

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