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The Problem with Space-Time: A Search for New Mathematical Structures
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Physicists are searching for new mathematical structures beyond space-time to explain how particles cannot be fundamental in space-time using Einstein's gravity and quantum field theory.
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Physicists are claiming that their best theories, Einstein's gravity and quantum field theory, suggest that space-time cannot be fundamental and therefore particles in space-time cannot be fundamental.
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Physics
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Physicists are claiming that their best theories, Einstein's gravity and quantum field theory, suggest that space-time cannot be fundamental and therefore particles in space-time cannot be fundamental.
ChapterThe Problem with Space-Time: A Search for New Mathematical Structures
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PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
Physicists are exploring new mathematical structures beyond Einstein's four-dimensional space-time for computing scattering amplitudes, enabling billions of terms to be turned into one term by letting go of space-time entirely.
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Physics
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Physicists are exploring new mathematical structures beyond Einstein's four-dimensional space-time for computing scattering amplitudes, enabling billions of terms to be turned into one term by letting go of space-time entirely.