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Points. Lack thereof

Authors :
Fedele Lizzi
Source :
Zagadnienia Filozoficzne w Nauce, Vol 66, Pp 35-60 (2019)
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
Copernicus Center Press, 2019.

Abstract

I will discuss some aspects of the concept of “point” in quantum gravity, using mainly the tool of noncommutative geometry. I will argue that at Planck’s distances the very concept of point may lose its meaning. I will then show how, using the spectral action and a high momenta expansion, the connections between points, as probed by boson propagators, vanish. This discussion follows closely (Kurkov, Lizzi and Vassilevich, 2014).

Details

Language :
German, English, French, Polish
ISSN :
08678286 and 24510602
Volume :
66
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Zagadnienia Filozoficzne w Nauce
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.6865a0ed4b6d429f998905820064c198
Document Type :
article