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Recent progress in quantum gravity [1] and string theory [2] has raised interest among scientists as to whether or not nature “behaves discretely” at the Planck scale. However, it is not clear what this metaphor means or how it should be implemented into systematic study concerning physics and mathematics in the Planck regime.
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Roy, S. (2003). Planck Scale Physics, Pregeometry and the Notion of Time. In: Buccheri, R., Saniga, M., Stuckey, W.M. (eds) The Nature of Time: Geometry, Physics and Perception. NATO Science Series, vol 95. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0155-7_35
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