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- Elaborates upon one of the best-motivated approaches to solving the outstanding problems of fundamental physics
- Explains spacetime as an emergent property of the underlying mathematical structure
- Provides a clear exposition of causal set theory and refinements that make it more powerful
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Foundations of Discrete Causal Theory
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Front Matter
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Discrete Quantum Causal Theory
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Mathematics, William Carey University, Hattiesburg, USA
Benjamin F. Dribus
About the author
Benjamin F. Dribus is an assistant professor of mathematics at William Carey University in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and a member of the Foundational Questions Institute. His principal research interests are fundamental spacetime structure and quantum gravity. He also has a pure math research program in algebraic geometry and algebraic K-theory.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Discrete Causal Theory
Book Subtitle: Emergent Spacetime and the Causal Metric Hypothesis
Authors: Benjamin F. Dribus
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50083-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-50081-2Published: 04 May 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-84313-1Published: 08 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-50083-6Published: 26 April 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXX, 558
Number of Illustrations: 154 b/w illustrations
Topics: Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory, Cosmology, Topology, Geometry