Selection rules for topology change
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Selection rules for topology change
zbMATH Open document ID: 0754.57009
DOI: 10.1007/BF02100864
author: S. W. Hawking
author: Gary W. Gibbons
published in: Communications in Mathematical Physics
publication date: 1993-01-16T00:00:00Z
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 57N10
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 57R90
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 83C99
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 53C25
zbMATH DE Number: 95433
zbMATH Keywords: space like boundary of a Lorentzian 4-manifold
zbMATH Keywords: \(SL(2,\mathbb{C})\)-spin structure
zbMATH Keywords: wormhole
zbMATH Keywords: handle
zbMATH Keywords: spacetime
zbMATH Keywords: closed oriented 3-manifold
zbMATH Keywords: \({}\bmod 2\) Kervaire semi-characteristic
MaRDI profile type: Publication
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full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02100864
OpenAlex ID: W2009239249
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 95433