Asymptotic analysis of the ponzano-Regge model for handlebodies

Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Dowdall, Richard J ^a   Gomes, Henrique ^a   Hellmann, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77649269722     PISSN: 17518113     EISSN: 17518121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1751-8113/43/11/115203     Document Type: Article

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