Álvaro Mozota Frauca
Biographic Data
| ID | 8655840 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Álvaro Mozota Frauca |
| GIVEN NAMES | Álvaro Mozota |
| FAMILY NAME | Frauca |
| SIGNATURE | FRAUCA Á M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7715-0563 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Dynamics of Quantum Gravity
Quantum gravity suggests that spacetime may not be fundamental, and it has been argued that we can understand a theory without a fundamental spacetime if we are able to claim that spacetime 'emerges' from some non-spatiotemporal entities. In this sense, strategies like functionalism have been deployed to claim that this emergence is possible and plausible, both in principle and in practice for current approaches to quantum gravity. In this articl…
The Limitations of the Notion of 'Observable' in Diffeomorphism-Invariant Models
The application of the notion of `observable' from gauge theory to diffeomorphism-invariant theories -- most relevantly to general relativity -- has led to numerous conceptual and technical issues when interpreting classical theories with this symmetry and building quantum versions of them. In this article I distinguish between two senses of gauge transformation: local and global, and I argue that the notion of observable appears more naturally i…
Does Quantum Cosmology Predict the Age of the Universe
The problem of time of quantum gravity has been argued to make canonical approaches unsatisfactory. In this article I study how it affects quantum cosmology and reach the same conclusion. The advantage of studying the cosmological case is that its simplicity makes the discussion much clearer and less technical. The classical models I will be concerned with describe how two degrees of freedom, the scale factor and a scalar field, evolve with respe…
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The Dynamics of Quantum Gravity
Quantum gravity suggests that spacetime may not be fundamental, and it has been argued that we can understand a theory without a fundamental spacetime if we are able to claim that spacetime 'emerges' from some non-spatiotemporal entities. In this sense, strategies like functionalism have been deployed to claim that this emergence is possible and plausible, both in principle and in practice for current approaches to quantum gravity. In this articl…
The Limitations of the Notion of 'Observable' in Diffeomorphism-Invariant Models
The application of the notion of `observable' from gauge theory to diffeomorphism-invariant theories -- most relevantly to general relativity -- has led to numerous conceptual and technical issues when interpreting classical theories with this symmetry and building quantum versions of them. In this article I distinguish between two senses of gauge transformation: local and global, and I argue that the notion of observable appears more naturally i…
Does Quantum Cosmology Predict the Age of the Universe
The problem of time of quantum gravity has been argued to make canonical approaches unsatisfactory. In this article I study how it affects quantum cosmology and reach the same conclusion. The advantage of studying the cosmological case is that its simplicity makes the discussion much clearer and less technical. The classical models I will be concerned with describe how two degrees of freedom, the scale factor and a scalar field, evolve with respe…
Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories (2 works) · Quantum (2 works) · Advanced Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems (1 work) · Advanced Mathematical Theories and Applications (1 work) · Argument (complex analysis) (1 work) · Cosmology (1 work) · Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (1 work) · Counterfactual thinking (1 work) · Dynamics (music) (1 work) · Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology (1 work)