What Is the Mathematical Structure of Quantum Spacetime?
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چکیده
We survey indications from different branches of Physics that the fine scale structure of spacetime is not adequately described by a man-ifold. Based on the hints we accumulate, we propose a new structure, which we call a quantum topos. In the process of constructing a quantum topos for quantum gravity, we propose a new, operational approach to the problem of the obervables in quantum gravity, which leads to a new mathematical point of view on the state sum models.
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