In 1907 Einstein started a road to reality for a goal of formulating the general theory of relativity. This theory was finalized in November 25, 1915. Within the interval of 8 years he conceived the mathematical principle of general covariance for all motions: uniform linear velocity and uniform nonlinear acceleration.
Uniform linear velocity was accomplished by special relativity. The general theory supposedly accomplished both motions. He received helps from his mathematician friend Marcel Grossmann on absolute differential calculus of tensor analysis (differential geometry and differential topology). In a sense, tensors are analysis situs or the highest branch of affine linear geometry called topology, in contrast to nonlinear fractal geometry of chaos theory. Topology studies continuous infinitesimal transformations which preserve local infinitesimal geometric properties: mapping parallel lines to parallel lines and finite points to finite points without creating new points or fusing existing points. This creation-annihilation invariance is absolutely necessary in order to have space-time quanta.
It is known from quantum field theories that creation and annihilation operators exist which transform fermions into bosons and vice versa. If fermions or bosons can be created or annihilated then they both cannot be the fundamental building blocks of the Universe. If mass and energy are not fundamental then what is? Obviously it must be the absolute vacuum of space-time. Fortunately these quanta of space-time are easily describable mathematically and physically as the square of energy in a theory of quantized space-time (TQS).
The possibility of TQS was foretold by the Principle of Equivalence which states succinctly that the Principle of General Covariance is only valid at the local infinitesimal domain of space-time where the square of energy holds its independence of both mass and time.


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