文档介绍：gr-qc/9703026 9 Mar 1997
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1 Introduction
The problem of time in quantum cosmology is one of the key conceptual
problems faced by theoretical physics at the present time. Although it was
first raised during the 1950’s, it has resisted solution, despite many different
kinds of attempts[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]. Here we would like to propose a new kind
of approach to the problem. Basically, we will argue that the problem is
not with time, but