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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.

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@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}
}

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29 pages, 5 figures