Topology change in (2+1)-dimensional gravity

DOI10.1063/1.530760zbMath0817.53058arXivgr-qc/9406006MaRDI QIDQ4327249

Steven Carlip, Robert J. jun. Cosgrove

Publication date: 5 April 1995

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9406006

zbMATH Keywords

path integral; Ray-Singer torsion; spatial topology change

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

53Z05: Applications of differential geometry to physics

83C99: General relativity

57R99: Differential topology

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