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A Tentative Expression of the Károlyházy Uncertainty of the Space-Time Structure Through Vacuum Spreads in Quantum Gravity

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In the existing expositions of the Károlyházy model, quantum mechanical uncertainties are mimicked by classical spreads. It is shown how to express those uncertainties through entities of the future unified theory of general relativity and quantum theory.

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Frenkel, A. A Tentative Expression of the Károlyházy Uncertainty of the Space-Time Structure Through Vacuum Spreads in Quantum Gravity. Foundations of Physics 32, 751–771 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1016057026165

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