The topology of branching universes

Foundations of Physics Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 665-676

  McCabe, Gordon ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Branching spacetime; Many worlds interpretation; Topology; Topology change

Indexed keywords

EID: 28644448428     PISSN: 08949875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10702-005-1319-9     Document Type: Article

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