Hidden symmetries for thermodynamics and emergence of relativity
arXiv:1002.0488 · doi:10.1088/0253-6102/54/4/11
Abstract
Erik Verlinde recently proposed an idea about the thermodynamic origin of gravity. Though this is a beautiful idea which may resolve many long standing problems in the theories of gravity, it also raises many other problems. In this article I will comment on some of the problems of Verlinde's proposal with special emphasis on the thermodynamical origin of the principle of relativity. It is found that there is a large group of hidden symmetries of thermodynamics which contains the Poincare group of the spacetime for which space is emergent. This explains the thermodynamic origin of the principle of relativity.
V1: 4 pages, comments/criticisms welcomed; V2: references added; V3: typos and minor corrections? V4? substantial changes in Section 3 and other parts made
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