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The Fisher's information metric is introduced in order to find the real meaning of the probability distribution in classical and quantum systems described by Riemaniann non-degenerated superspaces. In particular, the physical r\^{o}le…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2012-12-04 Diego Julio Cirilo-Lombardo , Victor I. Afonso

We consider spacetime to be a 4-dimensional differentiable manifold that can be split locally into time and space. No metric, no linear connection are assumed. Matter is described by classical fields/fluids. We distinguish electrically…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Friedrich W. Hehl , Yuri N. Obukhov

I present an analysis of the physical assumptions needed to obtain the metric structure of space-time. For this purpose I combine the axiomatic approach pioneered by Robb with ideas drawn from works on Weyl's "Raumproblem". The concept of a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-09-29 Jochen Rau

Spacetimes have conventionally been described by a global Lorentzian metric on a differentiable four-manifold. Herein we explore the possibility of spacetimes defined by a connection, which is locally but not globally Levi-Civita. The…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2008-04-21 Richard Atkins

We discuss different statistical distances in probability space, with emphasis on the Jensen-Shannon divergence, vis-a-vis {\it metrics} in Hilbert space and their relationship with Fisher's information measure. This study provides further…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Casas , P. W. Lamberti , A. Plastino , A. R. Plastino

The quantum Fisher information is a Riemannian metric, defined on the state space of a quantum system, which is symmetric and decreasing under stochastic mappings. Contrary to the classical case such a metric is not unique. We complete the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Frank Hansen

For a given metric $g_{\mu\nu}$, which is identified as Fisher information metric, we generate new constraints for the probability distributions for physical systems. We postulate the existence of intrinsic probability distributions for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-12-25 Tzu-Chao Hung

We introduce an analogue of the theory of length spaces into the setting of Lorentzian geometry and causality theory. The r\^ole of the metric is taken over by the time separation function, in terms of which all basic notions are…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-11-07 Michael Kunzinger , Clemens Sämann

What is the distance between two points in spacetime? This is a basic geometric question, which so far has no single, definitive answer. Unlike their Riemannian cousins, Lorentzian manifolds are not known to carry a canonical distance…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-03-09 Carlos Vega

We present a definition of the distance between probability distributions. Our definition is based on the $L_1$ norm on space of probability measures. We compare our distance with the well-known Kullback-Leibler divergence and with the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Robert J. Budzyński , Witold Kondracki , Andrzej Królak

We provide a short introduction to ``Lorentzian metric spaces" i.e., spacetimes defined solely in terms of the two-point Lorentzian distance. As noted in previous work, this structure is essentially unique if minimal conditions are imposed,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-01-23 E. Minguzzi

In this short note we argue that, even if, as sometimes remarked, a Lorentzian manifold does not model correctly the structure of the spatio-temporal continuum as it is, yet a Lorentzian manifold should describe its macroscopic structure as…

General Physics · Physics 2025-07-15 Gabor Etesi

We show that the relativistic energy-momentum relation can emerge as an effective ensemble-averaged structure from a multiplicative Hamiltonian when fluctuations of an auxiliary parameter are treated using maximum entropy inference. The…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-05-08 Sikarin Yoo-Kong

Given a metric space with a Borel probability measure, for each integer $N$ we obtain a probability distribution on $N\times N$ distance matrices by considering the distances between pairs of points in a sample consisting of $N$ points…

Probability · Mathematics 2011-10-31 Siddhartha Gadgil , Manjunath Krishnapur

The Maxwell equations are formulated on an arbitrary (1+3)-dimensional manifold. Then, imposing a (constrained) linear constitutive relation between electromagnetic field $(E,B)$ and excitation $({\cal D},{\cal H})$, we derive the metric of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 Yuri N. Obukhov , Friedrich W. Hehl

We consider Lorentzian manifolds as examples of partially ordered measure spaces, sets endowed with compatible partial order relations and measures, in this case given by the causal structure and the volume element defined by each…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-11-20 Luca Bombelli , Johan Noldus , Julio Tafoya

I propose that Physics should be formulated using minimal mathematical structure, beginning with its foundational arena: spacetime. This paper opens with a concise overview of several research directions explored in previous work. Among…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-08-19 Ettore Minguzzi

Statistical inference more often than not involves models which are non-linear in the parameters thus leading to non-Gaussian posteriors. Many computational and analytical tools exist that can deal with non-Gaussian distributions, and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-01-20 Eileen Giesel , Robert Reischke , Björn Malte Schäfer , Dominic Chia

Wasserstein geometry and information geometry are two important structures introduced in a manifold of probability distributions. The former is defined by using the transportation cost between two distributions, so it reflects the metric…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2020-03-13 Shun-ichi Amari

The large-scale structure of the Universe is well approximated by the Friedmann equations, parametrized by several energy densities which can be observationally inferred. A natural question to ask is: How different would the Universe be if…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-01-20 Arthur G. Suvorov
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