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Pregeometric concepts on graphs and cellular networks as possible models of space-time at the Planck-scale

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posted on 2023-06-08, 00:58 authored by Manfred Requardt, Thomas NowotnyThomas Nowotny
Starting from the working hypothesis that both physics and the corresponding mathematics have to be described by means of discrete concepts on the Planck-scale, one of the many problems one has to face is to find the discrete protoforms of the building blocks of continuum physics and mathematics. In the following we embark on developing such concepts for irregular structures like (large) graphs or networks which are intended to emulate (some of) the generic properties of the presumed combinatorial substratum from which continuum physics is assumed to emerge as a coarse grained and secondary model theory. We briefly indicate how various concepts of discrete (functional) analysis and geometry can be naturally constructed within this framework, leaving a larger portion of the paper to the systematic developement of dimensional concepts and their properties, which may have a possible bearing on various branches of modern physics beyond quantum gravity.

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  • Published

Journal

Chaos, Solitons & Fractals

ISSN

0960-0779

Publisher

Elsevier

Issue

2-3

Volume

10

Page range

469-481

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  • Informatics Publications

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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