\(2+1\)-dimensional gravity as an exactly soluble system

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DOI10.1016/0550-3213(88)90143-5zbMath1258.83032WikidataQ56556900 ScholiaQ56556900MaRDI QIDQ664184

Edward Witten

Publication date: 29 February 2012

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0550-3213(88)90143-5


81T13: Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory

17B81: Applications of Lie (super)algebras to physics, etc.

83C45: Quantization of the gravitational field

53C80: Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences

81Q60: Supersymmetry and quantum mechanics

57R56: Topological quantum field theories (aspects of differential topology)

14D21: Applications of vector bundles and moduli spaces in mathematical physics (twistor theory, instantons, quantum field theory)


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