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Problem of time is one of the most fundamental problems of quantum theory. We discuss a conjecture that classical time t manifests itself as a consequence of the fact that the characteristic p in quantum theory based on finite mathematics changes, i.e. p and not t is the true evolution parameter.

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Lev, F. (2020). A Conjecture on the Nature of Time. In: Finite Mathematics as the Foundation of Classical Mathematics and Quantum Theory. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61101-9_10

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