Finitary, Causal, and Quantal Vacuum Einstein Gravity

International Journal of Theoretical Physics

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1479-1619

  Mallios, Anastasios ^a   Raptis, Ioannis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abstract differential geometry; Category theory; Causal sets; Differential incidence algebras of locally finite partially ordered sets; Quantum gravity; Sheaf cohomology; Sheaf theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346496217     PISSN: 00207748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025732112916     Document Type: Review

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