The geometry of quantum spin networks

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3183-3195

  Borissov, Roumen ^a,b   Major, Seth ^a   Smolin, Lee ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Temple University   (United States)

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EID: 22244475401     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/13/12/009     Document Type: Article

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