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A Potential Foundation For Emergent Space-Time, Kevin H. Knuth, Newshaw Bahreyni
A Potential Foundation For Emergent Space-Time, Kevin H. Knuth, Newshaw Bahreyni
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We present a novel derivation of both the Minkowski metric and Lorentz transformations from the consistent quantification of a causally ordered set of events with respect to an embedded observer. Unlike past derivations, which have relied on assumptions such as the existence of a 4-dimensional manifold, symmetries of space-time, or the constant speed of light, we demonstrate that these now familiar mathematics can be derived as the unique means to consistently quantify a network of events. This suggests that space-time need not be physical, but instead the mathematics of space and time emerges as the unique way in which an …