A proposal for analysing the classical limit of kinematic loop gravity

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 17, Issue 19, 2000, Pages 4085-4109

  Varadarajan, Madhavan ^a   Zapata, José A ^a,b  

^a RAMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b INSTITUTO DE MATEMÁTICAS   (Mexico)

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EID: 0034618946     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/17/19/309     Document Type: Article

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