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The possibility that global discrete dilation invariance is a fundamental symmetry principle of nature is explored. If the discrete self-similarity observed in nature is exact, then the Principle of General Covariance needs to be broadened in order to accommodate this form of discrete conformal invariance, and a further generalization of relativity theory is required.
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Oldershaw, R.L. Discrete Scale Relativity. Astrophys Space Sci 311, 431–433 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10509-007-9557-x
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