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'''Scale relativity''' is a theory of physics initially developed by [[Laurent Nottale]], working at the French observatory of Meudon, near Paris, which extends special and general relativity with a new formulation of scale invariance preserving a reference length, postulated to be the [[Planck length]], which becomes invariant under zoom. This requires abandoning the hypothesis of [[differentiability]] for [[space-time]], instead suggesting that space-time has a [[fractal]] structure. The quantum/classical transition is replaced with a fractal/non-fractal transition, specifically a divergence in the length of quantum paths at short scale.