Mathematical structure of loop quantum cosmology

Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 233-268

  Ashtekar, Abhay ^a,b   Bojowald, Martin ^a,b   Lewandowski, Jerzy ^a,b,c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Erwin Schrodinger International Institute for Mathematical Physics   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

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EID: 77950334889     PISSN: 10950761     EISSN: 10950753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/ATMP.2003.v7.n2.a2     Document Type: Article

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