Spin foam models

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1827-1858

  Baez, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0032396211     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/15/7/004     Document Type: Article

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