Knots and Quantum Gravity

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List of contents

• The Loop Formulation of Gauge Theory and Gravity


• Representation Theory of Analytic Holonomy: C*-algebras


• The Gauss Linking Number in Quantum Gravity


• Vassiliev Invariants and the Loop States in Quantum Gravity


• Geometric Structures and Loop Variables in (2+1)- Dimensional Gravity


• From Chern-Simons to WZW via Path Integrals


• Topological Field theory as the Key to Quantum Gravity


• Strings, Loops, Knots and Gauge Fields


• BF Theories and 2-knots


• Knotted Surfaces, Braid Movies, and Beyond

Product details

• Assisted by: Baez John C. (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.08.1994
• EAN: 9780198534907
• ISBN: 978-0-19-853490-7
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 237 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 508 g
• Illustrations: line illustrations
• Series: Oxford Lecture Series in Mathematics and Its Applications
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Theoretical physics; SCIENCE / Physics / Quantum Theory, MATHEMATICS / Topology, Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory), Quantum physics (quantum mechanics and quantum field theory), Analytic topology