Fundamental Units of Length and Time

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Foundations of Physics 32 (1):77-108 (2002)
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Ideal rods and clocks are defined as an infinitesimal symmetry of the spacetime, at least in the non-quantum case. Since no a priori geometric structure is considered, all the possible models of spacetime are obtained

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