Building discrete spacetimes by simple deterministic computations

Bolognesi, T.

Computational Universe Conjecture  Quantum Gravity  Discrete Spacetime 

The Computational Universe conjecture relates complexity in physics with emergence in computation. Our current research efforts are meant to put the surprisingly powerful notion of (computational) emergence at the service of recent quantum gravity theories, with special attention to the Causal Set Programme, which assumes causality among events as the most fundamental structure of spacetime, and causal sets as the most appropriate way to describe it.

Source: ERCIM news 83 (2010): 52–53.

Publisher: ERCIM., Le Chesnay