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We consider the Faddeev formulation of general relativity (GR), which can be characterized by a kind of $d$-dimensional tetrad (typically $d$=10) and a non-Riemannian connection. This theory is invariant w. r. t. the global, but not local,…
Faddeev formulation of general relativity (GR) is considered where the metric is composed of ten vector fields or a ten-dimensional tetrad. Upon partial use of the field equations, this theory results in the usual GR. Earlier we have…
In the Faddeev formulation of gravity, the metric is regarded as composite field, bilinear of $d = 10$ 4-vector fields. We derive the minisuperspace (discrete) Faddeev action by evaluating the Faddeev action on the spacetime composed of the…
We study the Faddeev formulation of gravity in which the metric is composed of vector fields. This system is reducible with the help of the equations of motion to the general relativity. The Faddeev action is evaluated for the piecewise…
We consider Faddeev formulation of gravity, in which the metric is bilinear of $d = 10$ 4-vector fields. A unique feature of this formulation is that the action remains finite for the discontinuous fields (although continuity is recovered…
We consider Faddeev formulation of general relativity in which the metric is composed of ten vector fields or a $4 \times 10$ tetrad. This formulation reduces to the usual general relativity upon partial use of the field equations. A…
Faddeev formulation of general relativity (GR) is considered where the metric is composed of ten vector fields or a ten-dimensional tetrad. Upon partial use of the field equations, this theory results in the usual GR. Earlier we have…
We study Faddeev formulation of gravity, in which the metric is composed of vector fields. We consider these fields constant in the interior of the 4-simplices of a simplicial complex. The action depends not only on the values of the fields…
In the Faddeev formulation of gravity, the metric is regarded as composite field, bilinear of $d = 10$ 4-vector fields. A unique feature is that this formulation admits the discontinuous fields. On the discrete level, when spacetime is…
Faddeev variant of embedding theory is an example of using the embedding approach for the description of gravity. In the original form of the embedding approach, the gravity is described by an embedding function of a four-dimensional…
We study Faddeev formulation of gravity, in which the metric is composed of vector fields or the tetrad of the ten-dimensional fields, $f^A_\lambda$, where $\lambda = 1, 2, 3, 4$ and $A = 1, ..., 10$ is vector index w. r. t. the Euclidean…
We study the physics of a single discrete gravitational extra dimension using the effective field theory for massive gravitons. We first consider a minimal discretization with 4D gravitons on the sites and nearest neighbor hopping terms. At…
We study the variational principle and derivation of the field equations for different classes of teleparallel gravity theories, using both their metric-affine and covariant tetrad formulations. These theories have in common that in…
The physical meaning, the properties and the consequences of a discrete scalar field are discussed; limits for the validity of a mathematical description of fundamental physics in terms of continuous fields are a natural outcome of discrete…
We define for any 4-tetrahedron (4-simplex) the simplest finite closed piecewise flat manifold consisting of this 4-tetrahedron and of the one else 4-tetrahedron identical up to reflection to the present one (call it bisimplex built on the…
We assume that the points in volumes smaller than an elementary volume (which may have a Planck size) are indistinguishable in any physical experiment. This naturally leads to a picture of a discrete space with a finite number of degrees of…
The physical meaning, the properties and the consequences of a discrete scalar field are discussed; limits for a continuous mathematical description of fundamental physics is a natural outcome of discrete fields with discrete interactions.…
This work generalizes the treatment of flat spin connections in the teleparallel equivalent of general relativity. It is shown that a general flat spin connection form a subspace in the affine space of spin connections which is dynamically…
We construct the Effective Field Theory (EFT) of the teleparallel equivalent of general relativity (TEGR). Firstly, we present the necessary field redefinitions of the scalar field and the tetrads. Then we provide all the terms at…
A new version of tetrad gravity in globally hyperbolic, asymptotically flat at spatial infinity spacetimes with Cauchy surfaces diffeomorphic to $R^3$ is obtained by using a new parametrization of arbitrary cotetrads to define a set of…