Background independence in classical and quantum gravity
<p><em>Background independence</em> is sometimes claimed to be the defining characteristic of general relativity (GR), and a necessary feature of any candidate quantum extension. In this thesis, we appraise numerous definitions of background independence, before assessing whether v...
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2016
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