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Line element in quantum gravity: the examples of DSR and noncommutative geometry

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-08-05 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We question the notion of line element in some quantum spaces that are expected to play a role in quantum gravity, namely non-commutative deformations of Minkowski spaces. We recall how the implementation of the Leibniz rule forbids to see some of the infinitesimal deformed Poincare transformations as good candidates for Noether symmetries. Then we recall the more fundamental view on the line element proposed in noncommutative geometry, and re-interprete at this light some previous results on Connes' distance formula.

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@article{arxiv.0904.4865,
  title  = {Line element in quantum gravity: the examples of DSR and noncommutative geometry},
  author = {Pierre Martinetti},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0904.4865},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

some references added. Proceedings of the Second Workshop on Quantum Gravity and Noncommutative Geometry, Universidade Lusofona, Lisbon 22-24 September 2008