We show by means of the AdS/CFT correspondence in the context of quantum gravity how inter-representational relations—loosely speaking relations among different equivalent representations of one and the same physics—can play out as a tool for intra-theoretical developments and thus boost theory development in the context of discovery. More precisely, we first show that, as a duality, the AdS/CFT correspondence cannot in itself testify to the quantum origin of gravity (though it may be utilized for this purpose). We then establish through two case studies from emergent gravity (Jacobson (2016); Verlinde (2017)) that the holographic AdS/CFT correspondence can, however, still excel as a guiding principle towards the quantum origin of gravity (similar in nature to quantisation).

我们通过AdS / CFT对应关系在量子引力的背景下展示了如何相互表示关系（即同一物理的不同等效表示之间的松散关系）可以作为理论内发展的工具发挥作用，从而促进发现背景下的理论发展。更准确地说，我们首先表明，作为对偶性，AdS / CFT对应本身不能证明重力的量子起源（尽管可以将其用于此目的）。然后，我们通过两个关于新兴引力的案例研究（Jacobson（2016）; Verlinde（2017））确定，全息AdS / CFT对应关系仍然可以作为引力量子起源的指导原则（本质上类似于量化） ）。