The Ponzano-Regge model

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 2009, Pages

  Barrett, John W ^a   Naish Guzman, Ileana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 70349491991     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: 13616382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/26/15/155014     Document Type: Article

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