
Overview
- 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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Foundations of Discrete Causal Theory
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Discrete Quantum Causal Theory
Authors and Affiliations
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