Theory of intersecting loops on a torus

DOI10.4310/ATMP.2014.V18.N3.A5MaRDI QIDQ485865zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors J. E. Nelson, Roger Picken

Publication date 14 January 2015

Published in Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1309.2187, https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.atmp/1414762189

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45)

Abstract: We continue our investigation into intersections of closed paths on a torus, to further our understanding of the commutator algebra of Wilson loop observables in 2+1 quantum gravity, when the cosmological constant is negative. We give a concise review of previous results, e.g. that signed area phases relate observables assigned to homotopic loops, and present new developments in this theory of intersecting loops on a torus. We state precise rules to be applied at intersections of both straight and crooked/rerouted paths in the covering space $mathbb{R}^2$. Two concrete examples of combinations of different rules are presented.

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