arxiv5/19/2026, 2:38:14 AM
The Cosine Problem in Quantum Gravity is a Feature, Not a Bug: Path Integrals Resolve the Problem of TimeDiaz and Perez use the path integral formulation to show that time evolution is an emergent phenomenon in timeless closed quantum systems — a tractable model for generally covariant theories like quantum gravity. Their key result is that the so-called "cosine problem" (transition…