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_aQC178 _b.C185 1998 |
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_aCarlip, Steven _q(Steven Jonathan), _d1953- _eauthor. |
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_aQuantum gravity in 2+1 dimensions / _cSteven Carlip. |
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_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c1998. |
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_a1 online resource (xiii, 276 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s). |
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_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia |
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_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier |
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| 490 | 1 | _aCambridge monographs on mathematical physics | |
| 500 | _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). | ||
| 520 | _aThis timely volume provides a broad survey of (2+1)-dimensional quantum gravity. It emphasises the 'quantum cosmology' of closed universes and the quantum mechanics of the (2+1)-dimensional black hole. It compares and contrasts a variety of approaches, and examines what they imply for a realistic theory of quantum gravity. General relativity in three spacetime dimensions has become a popular arena in which to explore the ramifications of quantum gravity. As a diffeomorphism-invariant theory of spacetime structure, this model shares many of the conceptual problems of realistic quantum gravity. But it is also simple enough that many programs of quantization can be carried out explicitly. After analysing the space of classical solutions, this book introduces some fifteen approaches to quantum gravity - from canonical quantization in York's 'extrinsic time' to Chern-Simons quantization, from the loop representation to covariant path integration to lattice methods. Relationships among quantizations are explored, as well as implications for such issues as topology change and the 'problem of time'. This book is an invaluable resource for all graduate students and researchers working in quantum gravity. | ||
| 650 | 0 | _aQuantum gravity. | |
| 650 | 0 | _aGeneral relativity (Physics) | |
| 650 | 0 | _aSpace and time. | |
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_iPrint version: _z9780521564083 |
| 830 | 0 | _aCambridge monographs on mathematical physics. | |
| 856 | 4 | 0 | _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511564192 |
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