Kendall's Shape Statistics as a Classical Realization of Barbour-type Timeless Records Theory approach to Quantum Gravity
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2015-08-07 v5
Abstract
I previously showed that Kendall's work on shape geometry is in fact also the geometrical description of Barbour's relational mechanics' reduced configuration spaces (alias shape spaces). I now describe the extent to which Kendall's subsequent statistical application to e.g. the `standing stones problem' realizes further ideas along the lines of Barbour-type timeless records theories, albeit just at the classical level.
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@article{arxiv.1307.1923,
title = {Kendall's Shape Statistics as a Classical Realization of Barbour-type Timeless Records Theory approach to Quantum Gravity},
author = {Edward Anderson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1307.1923},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
11 pages with 5 figures. Improved text, as Accepted by SHPMP (Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics) with some new explanations, minor corrections and updated references