Spin foam models and the classical action principle

Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1183-1247

  Freidel, Laurent ^a,b   Krasnov, Kirill ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

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EID: 0001603179     PISSN: 10950761     EISSN: 10950753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/ATMP.1998.v2.n6.a1     Document Type: Article

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