Quantum gravity in \(2+1\) dimensions: the case of a closed universe

DOI10.12942/lrr-2005-1zbMath1071.83024arXivgr-qc/0409039WikidataQ39120984 ScholiaQ39120984MaRDI QIDQ1779167

Publication date: 31 May 2005

Published in: Living Reviews in Relativity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0409039

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

83C45: Quantization of the gravitational field

83-02: Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory

83C80: Analogues of general relativity in lower dimensions

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