Quantization of point particles in (2 + 1)-dimensional gravity and spacetime discreteness

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1023-1039

  'T Hooft, G ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 22244438526     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/13/5/018     Document Type: Article

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