Loop constraints: A habitat and their algebra

International Journal of Modern Physics D

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 299-330

  Lewandowski, Jerzy ^a,c   Marolf, Donald ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

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EID: 0032382623     PISSN: 02182718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218271898000231     Document Type: Article

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