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Noncommutative Unification of General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics. A Finite Model
We construct a model unifying general relativity and quantum mechanics in a
broader structure of noncommutative geometry. The geometry in question is that
of a transformation groupoid given by the action of a finite group G on a space
E. We define the algebra of smooth complex valued functions on the groupoid,
with convolution as multiplication, in terms of which the groupoid geometry is
developed. Owing to the fact that the group G is finite the model can be
computed in full details. We show that by suitable averaging of noncommutative
geometric quantities one recovers the standard space-time geometry. The quantum
sector of the model is explored in terms of the regular representation of the
groupoid algebra, and its correspondence with the standard quantum mechanics is
established.Comment: 20 LaTex pages, General Relativity and Gravitation, in pres
Geometry and General Relativity in the Groupoid Model with a Finite Structure Group
In a series of papers we proposed a model unifying general relativity and
quantum mechanics. The idea was to deduce both general relativity and quantum
mechanics from a noncommutative algebra defined on a
transformation groupoid determined by the action of the Lorentz group
on the frame bundle over space-time . In the present work,
we construct a simplified version of the gravitational sector of this model in
which the Lorentz group is replaced by a finite group and the frame bundle
is trivial . The model is fully computable. We define the
Einstein-Hilbert action, with the help of which we derive the generalized
vacuum Einstein equations. When the equations are projected to space-time
(giving the "general relativistic limit"), the extra terms that appear due to
our generalization can be interpreted as "matter terms", as in
Kaluza-Klein-type models. To illustrate this effect we further simplify the
metric matrix to a block diagonal form, compute for it the generalized Einstein
equations and find two of their "Friedmann-like" solutions for the special case
when . One of them gives the flat Minkowski space-time (which,
however, is not static), another, a hyperbolic, linearly expanding universe.Comment: 32 page
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