Discrete spacetime volume for three-dimensional BF theory and quantum gravity

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 351-362

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

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

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EID: 0033248348     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/16/2/003     Document Type: Article

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