Forks in the road, on the way to quantum gravity

DOI10.1007/BF02435709zbMath0908.53058arXivgr-qc/9706002OpenAlexW2048390511WikidataQ55899467 ScholiaQ55899467MaRDI QIDQ1388177

Rafael D. Sorkin

Publication date: 10 March 1999

Published in: International Journal of Theoretical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9706002

zbMATH Keywords

quantum gravitydynamic topologyspacetime volumesum-over-geometries formalismtime problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-02)

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