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Dimension, Divergence and Desingularization

@article{Rej2012DimensionDA,
  title={Dimension, Divergence and Desingularization},
  author={Abhijnan Rej},
  journal={arXiv: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology},
  year={2012}
}
  • A. Rej
  • Published 6 September 2012
  • Philosophy
  • arXiv: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
I argue that consistent geometrical descriptions of the universe are far from unique even as low-energy limits and that an abstract "atomic" description of spacetime and gauge-theoretic geometry in terms of K-theories of algebraic and analytic cycles has the promise to restore uniqueness to our description. 
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