Meaning of Noncommutative Geometry and the Planck-Scale Quantum Group

dc.creatorMajid, S.
dc.date2000-06-21
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T04:10:03Z
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dc.descriptionThis is an introduction for nonspecialists to the noncommutative geometric approach to Planck scale physics coming out of quantum groups. The canonical role of the `Planck scale quantum group' $C[x]\bicross C[p]$ and its observable-state T-duality-like properties are explained. The general meaning of noncommutativity of position space as potentially a new force in Nature is explained as equivalent under quantum group Fourier transform to curvature in momentum space. More general quantum groups $C(G^\star)\bicross U(g)$ and $U_q(g)$ are also discussed. Finally, the generalisation from quantum groups to general quantum Riemannian geometry is outlined. The semiclassical limit of the latter is a theory with generalised non-symmetric metric $g_{μν}$ obeying $\nabla_μg_{νρ}-\nabla_νg_{μρ}=0$
dc.description51 pages latex, many figures; see also less technical version, my JMP millenium article
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0006166
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0006166
dc.identifierLect.Notes Phys. 541 (2000) 227-276
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/50088
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.titleMeaning of Noncommutative Geometry and the Planck-Scale Quantum Group
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