2010

Space-time and special relativity from causal networks

D'Ariano, Giacomo Mauro, Tosini, Alessandro

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We show how the Minkowskian space-time emerges from a topologically homogeneous causal network, presenting a simple analytical derivation of the Lorentz transformations, with metric as pure event-counting.

  • The derivation holds generally for d=1 space dimension, however, it can be extended to d>1 for special causal networks.

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