Out of Nowhere: Spacetime from causality: causal set theory
History and Philosophy of Physics
2020-05-25 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
This is a chapter of the planned monograph "Out of Nowhere: The Emergence of Spacetime in Quantum Theories of Gravity", co-authored by Nick Huggett and Christian W\"uthrich and under contract with Oxford University Press. (More information at www.beyondspacetime.net.) This chapter introduces causal set theory and identifies and articulates a 'problem of space' in this theory.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2005.10873,
title = {Out of Nowhere: Spacetime from causality: causal set theory},
author = {Christian Wüthrich and Nick Huggett},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2005.10873},
year = {2020}
}
Comments
29 pages, 5 figures