The torus universe in the polygon approach to (2 + 1)-dimensional gravity

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/14/4/010zbMATH Open0872.53064arXivgr-qc/9606011OpenAlexW2059933994MaRDI QIDQ4340975FDOQ4340975

Authors: Max Welling 

Publication date: 15 October 1997

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper we describe the matter-free toroidal spacetime in 't Hooft's polygon approach to 2+1-dimensional gravity (i.e. we consider the case without any particles present). Contrary to earlier results in the literature we find that it is not possible to describe the torus by just one polygon but we need at least two polygons. We also show that the constraint algebra of the polygons closes.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9606011

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zbMATH Keywords

spacetime slicing(2+1)-gravitypolygon approach

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Lattice gravity, Regge calculus and other discrete methods in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C27)

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