Chern–Simons theory, Vassiliev invariants, loop quantum gravity and functional integration without integration

DOI10.1142/S0217751X15300677zbMath1337.81087arXiv1512.01623MaRDI QIDQ2806246

Louis H. Kauffman

Publication date: 17 May 2016

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1512.01623

zbMATH Keywords

Lie algebraknotlinkKontsevich integralVassiliev invariantfunctional integralKodama stateloop quantum gravityChern-Simons form

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Model quantum field theories (81T10) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Path integrals in quantum mechanics (81S40) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to quantum theory (81-02) Triangulating manifolds (57Q15) Eta-invariants, Chern-Simons invariants (58J28) Applications of functional analysis to differential and integral equations (46N20)

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