Canonical quantum gravity in the Vassiliev invariants arena: I. Kinematical structure

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 17, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 3211-3237

  Di Bartolo, Cayetano ^a   Gambini, Rodolfo ^b   Griego, Jorge ^b   Pullin, Jorge ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^b INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA   (Uruguay)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034342502     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/17/16/309     Document Type: Article

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