Use of quadratic differentials for description of defects and textures in liquid crystals and \(2+1\) gravity

DOI10.1016/S0393-0440(99)00040-6zbMath0961.83017arXivhep-th/9901047OpenAlexW2073552357MaRDI QIDQ1972279

Arkady L. Kholodenko

Publication date: 6 June 2001

Published in: Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9901047

zbMATH Keywords

gravityquantum gravityquantum mechanicsfoliations2+1 classical gravitydefects and texturesdefects in liquid crystals

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Analogues of general relativity in lower dimensions (83C80)

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