Partition functions and topology-changing amplitudes in the three-dimensional lattice gravity of Ponzano and Regge

DOI10.1016/0550-3213(92)90188-HzbMath0968.82519arXivhep-th/9112072WikidataQ59197330 ScholiaQ59197330MaRDI QIDQ5940106

Hirosi Ooguri

Publication date: 9 September 2001

Published in: Nuclear Physics. B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9112072

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

83C45: Quantization of the gravitational field

57R99: Differential topology

82C27: Dynamic critical phenomena in statistical mechanics

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