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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Metaphysics</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Metaphysics</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>МЕТАФИЗИКА</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2224-7580</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">37817</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2224-7580-2023-4-60-66</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">VZBJNW</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Articles</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Статьи</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">IS SPACE-TIME REALLY DOOMED?</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>ДЕЙСТВИТЕЛЬНО ЛИ ПРОСТРАНСТВО-ВРЕМЯ «ОБРЕЧЕНО»?</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Woit</surname><given-names>P.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Войт</surname><given-names>Питер</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru">профессор кафедры математики</bio><email>asidorova@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Columbia University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Колумбийский университет</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2023-12-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>12</month><year>2023</year></pub-date><issue>4</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">NO4 (2023)</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">№4 (2023)</issue-title><fpage>60</fpage><lpage>66</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2024-02-09"><day>09</day><month>02</month><year>2024</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2023, Metaphysics</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2023, МЕТАФИЗИКА</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2023</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Metaphysics</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">МЕТАФИЗИКА</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://hlrsjournal.ru/metaphysics/article/view/37817">https://hlrsjournal.ru/metaphysics/article/view/37817</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>For many years now it has become conventional for theorists to argue that “space-time is doomed”, with the difficulties in finding a quantum theory of gravity implying the necessity of basing a fundamental theory on something quite different than usual notions of space-time geometry. But what is this space-time geometry that is doomed? In this essay we’ll explore how our understanding of four-dimensional geometry has evolved since Einstein, leading to new ideas about such geometry which may not be doomed at all.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>В последнее время среди физиков-теоретиков стало уже почти общепринятым мнение о том, что «пространство-время обречено». Подобная точка зрения сформировалась в связи с проблемами создания квантовой теории гравитации и осознанием того факта, что фундаментальная теория должна быть основана на чем-то совершенно отличном от обычных представлений о пространственно-временной геометрии. Но что именно следует понимать под этой «обреченной» геометрией? Мы рассмотрим, как эволюционировали представления о четырехмерной геометрии со времен Эйнштейна и как возник новый взгляд на геометрию, который, возможно, отменяет этот приговор.</p></trans-abstract><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Arkani-Hamed N. Space-time is doomed, in “Messenger Lectures”, series of talks given at Cornell University, Cornell, 2010. URL: https://www.cornell.edu/video/nima-arkani-hamed-spacetime-is-doomed</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B2"><label>2.</label><mixed-citation>Ashtekar A. New Variables for Classical and Quantum Gravity // Phys. Rev. Lett. 1986. 57. P. 2244-2247.</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B3"><label>3.</label><mixed-citation>Gross D. Einstein and the Quest for a Unified Theory, in Einstein for the 21st Century: His Legacy in Science, Art, and Modern Culture / ed. by Galison P. L., Holton G., and Schweber S. S. Princeton University Press, 2008. 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