Quantum topology change in (2 + 1)d

International Journal of Modern Physics A

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1629-1660

  Balachandran, A P ^a   Batista, E ^b   Costa E Silva, I P ^c   Teotonio Sobrinho, P ^c  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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ARTICLE; COSMOS; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PHYSICS; QUANTUM THEORY; SPACE; TIME;

EID: 0034732580     PISSN: 0217751X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0217751X00000732     Document Type: Article

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