A handlebody calculus for topology change

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/15/7/005zbMath0939.83022arXivgr-qc/9711042OpenAlexW3106359518MaRDI QIDQ4699674

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Publication date: 18 November 1999

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9711042

zbMATH Keywords

nucleationKaluza-Klein monopolesspace-times with change of spatial topology

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Abstract critical point theory (Morse theory, Lyusternik-Shnirel'man theory, etc.) in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E05) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Kaluza-Klein and other higher-dimensional theories (83E15) Critical points and critical submanifolds in differential topology (57R70)

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