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Combinatorial dynamics in quantum gravity
Stuart Kauffman, Lee Smolin
We describe the application of methods from the study of discrete dynanmical systems to the problem of the continuum limit of evolving spin networks. These have been found to descr…
Towards a background independent approach to M theory
Lee Smolin
Work in progress is described which aims to construct a background independent formulation of M theory by extending results about background independent states and observables from…
A holographic formulation of quantum general relativity
Lee Smolin
We show that there is a sector of quantum general relativity which may be expressed in a completely holographic formulation in terms of states and operators defined on a finite bou…
Strings as perturbations of evolving spin-networks
Lee Smolin
A connection between non-perturbative formulations of quantum gravity and perturbative string theory is exhibited, based on a formulation of the non-perturbative dynamics due to Ma…
Nonperturbative dynamics for abstract (p,q) string networks
Fotini Markopoulou, Lee Smolin
We describe abstract (p,q) string networks which are the string networks of Sen without the information about their embedding in a background spacetime. The non-perturbative dynami…
Using neutron stars and primordial black holes to test theories of quantum gravity
Lee Smolin
Three observational tests of cosmological natural selection, a theory that follows from some hypotheses about quantum gravity, are described. If true, this theory explains the choi…