Feynman loops and three-dimensional quantum gravity

Modern Physics Letters A

Volumn 20, Issue 17-18, 2005, Pages 1271-1283

  Barrett, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feynman; Gravity; Jones polynomial; Knot; Quantum

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; GEOMETRY; GRAVITY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING;

EID: 21144437769     PISSN: 02177323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0217732305017743     Document Type: Conference Paper

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