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This paper shows that the properties of space-time that constitutes the background of the theory of special relativity, namely its dimensionality, the correct partition of dimensions between one time-type and three space-type dimensions and the Minkowski metrics, may emerge from a set of completely interacting binary units structured by a noise defined in a Landau-type free energy of Higgs fields and by gauge symmetries, in particular those related to the permutation group of four objects.
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Received: 28 October 2003, Revised: 23 February 2004, Published online: 3 June 2004
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Peretto, P. Space-time generated from a set of binary units. Eur. Phys. J. C 35, 567–577 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s2004-01826-1
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s2004-01826-1