Relational Particle Mechanics
APA
Anderson, E. (2007). Relational Particle Mechanics. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/07120035
MLA
Anderson, Edward. Relational Particle Mechanics. Perimeter Institute, Dec. 06, 2007, https://pirsa.org/07120035
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@misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:07120035, doi = {10.48660/07120035}, url = {https://pirsa.org/07120035}, author = {Anderson, Edward}, keywords = {Quantum Gravity}, language = {en}, title = {Relational Particle Mechanics}, publisher = {Perimeter Institute}, year = {2007}, month = {dec}, note = {PIRSA:07120035 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}} }
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Relational particle mechanics are theories of relative angles and relative (ratios of) separations only. These bear a number of resemblances to the geometrodynamical formulation of general relativity and as such are useful analogues for at least some approaches to the notorious problem of time in quantum gravity. I have recently provided a fairly complete study of the configuration spaces of these theories in spatial dimension 1 and 2, am subsequently studying the redused forms of these theories at the quantum level, and this shall provide a number of useful examples for the conceptual discussion of various problem of time strategies