Background Independence, Diffeomorphism Invariance, and the Meaning of Coordinates

Diffeomorphism invariance is sometimes taken to be a criterion of background independence. This claim is commonly accompanied by a second, that the genuine physical magnitudes (the "observables") of background-independent theories and those of background-dependent (non-diffeomorphism-invar...

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1. Verfasser:	Pooley, Oliver
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Physics - General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Physics - History and Philosophy of Physics
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