Kendall's shape statistics as a classical realization of Barbour-type timeless records theory approach to quantum gravity

摘要

I previously showed that Kendall's work on shape geometry is in fact also the geometrical description of Barbour's relational mechanics' reduced configuration spaces (alias shape spaces). I now describe the extent to which Kendall's subsequent statistical application to e.g. the 'standing stones problem' realizes further ideas along the lines of Barbour-type timeless records theories, albeit just at the classical level. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.