THE TURAEV-VIRO STATE SUM MODEL AND 3-DIMENSIONAL QUANTUM-GRAVITY

被引:35
作者
ARCHER, F [1 ]
WILLIAMS, RM [1 ]
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[1] DAMTP,CAMBRIDGE CB3 9EW,ENGLAND
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10.1016/0370-2693(91)90295-2
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
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We discuss the relationship between the Turaev-Viro state sum model and three-dimensional quantum gravity. In particular we study the semiclassical limit of trivalent graph invariants in the state sum model. These are shown to behave like parallel transport operators along the graph links.
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