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'Shape Dynamics': Foundations Reassessed

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Edward Anderson

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Submitted 13 May 2015

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The authors' main claim This points to changing conception of VPCTs from the current finite integral implementation to an infinitesimal differential implementation (or to avoiding using them at all).

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arXiv ID1505.03553 (version 3)
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CitationEdward Anderson. "'Shape Dynamics': Foundations Reassessed." arXiv:1505.03553 (2015). https://pith.science/paper/Y364X53N
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`Shape dynamics' is meant here in the sense of a type of conformogeometrical reformulation of GR, some of which have of late been considered as generalizations of or alternatives to GR. This note concerns in particular cases based on the notion of volume-preserving conformal transformations (VPCTs), in the sense of preserving a solitary global volume of the universe degree of freedom. The extent to which various ways of modelling VPCTs make use of group theory at all, in a congruous manner, and with minimal departure from standard Lie group theory, is considered. This points to changing conception of VPCTs from the current finite integral implementation to an infinitesimal differential implementation (or to avoiding using them at all). Some useful observations from flat-space conformal groups (well-known from CFT) concerning the existence or otherwise of VPCT groups are also provided.

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s0 `Shape dynamics' is meant here in the sense of a type of conformogeometrical reformulation of GR, some of which have of late been considered as generalizations of or alternatives to GR. background 1.00 0.06 0.04 asserted 0.80
s1 This note concerns in particular cases based on the notion of volume-preserving conformal transformations (VPCTs), in the sense of preserving a solitary global volume of the universe degree of freedom. background 0.51 0.14 0.05 asserted 0.95
s2 The extent to which various ways of modelling VPCTs make use of group theory at all, in a congruous manner, and with minimal departure from standard Lie group theory, is considered. contribution 0.84 0.44 0.06 unclear 0.61
s3 This points to changing conception of VPCTs from the current finite integral implementation to an infinitesimal differential implementation (or to avoiding using them at all). contribution 0.36 0.35 0.42 hedged possibility 0.64
s4 Some useful observations from flat-space conformal groups (well-known from CFT) concerning the existence or otherwise of VPCT groups are also provided. contribution 0.62 0.52 0.07 asserted 0.95

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`Shape dynamics' is meant here in the sense of a type of conformogeometrical reformulation of GR, some of which have of late been considered as generalizations of or alternatives to GR. This note concerns in particular cases based on the notion of volume-preserving conformal transformations (VPCTs), in the sense of preserving a solitary global volume of the universe degree of freedom. The extent to which various ways of modelling VPCTs make use of group theory at all, in a congruous manner, and with minimal departure from standard Lie group theory, is considered. This points to changing conception of VPCTs from the current finite integral implementation to an infinitesimal differential implementation (or to avoiding using them at all). Some useful observations from flat-space conformal groups (well-known from CFT) concerning the existence or otherwise of VPCT groups are also provided.

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