Quantum gravity as topological quantum field theory
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Publication:4871935
DOI10.1063/1.531239zbMath0852.58088arXivgr-qc/9506070OpenAlexW2024790550MaRDI QIDQ4871935
Publication date: 15 December 1996
Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9506070
General low-dimensional topology (57M99) Applications of global analysis to the sciences (58Z05) Quantum field theory; related classical field theories (81T99) Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C47)
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