Selection rules for topology change
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Publication:1200514
DOI10.1007/BF02100864zbMath0754.57009OpenAlexW2009239249MaRDI QIDQ1200514
Stephen W. Hawking, Gary W. Gibbons
Publication date: 16 January 1993
Published in: Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02100864
spacetimewormholehandleclosed oriented 3-manifold\({}\bmod 2\) Kervaire semi-characteristic\(SL(2,\mathbb{C})\)-spin structurespace like boundary of a Lorentzian 4-manifold
General relativity (83C99) Special Riemannian manifolds (Einstein, Sasakian, etc.) (53C25) Other types of cobordism (57R90)
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