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050	0	0	_aQC178 _b.C185 1998
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100	1		_aCarlip, Steven _q(Steven Jonathan), _d1953- _944456
245	1	0	_aQuantum gravity in 2+1 Dimensions / _cSteven Carlip.
246	3	0	_aQuantum gravity in two + one dimensions
260			_aCambridge ; _aNew York : _bCambridge University Press, _c1998.
300			_axiii, 276 p. : _bill. ; _c26 cm.
440		0	_aCambridge monographs on mathematical physics _944457
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 250-266) and index.
505			_a1. Why (2+1)-dimensional gravity?; 2. Classical general relativity in 2+1 dimensions; 3. A field guide to the (2+1)-dimensional spacetimes; 4. Geometric structures and Chern-Simons theory; 5. Canonical quantization in reduced phase space; 6. The connection representation; 7. Operator algebras and loops; 8. The Wheeler-DeWitt equation; 9. Lorentzian path integrals; 10. Euclidian path integrals and quantum cosmology; 11. Lattice methods; 12. The (2+1)-dimensional black hole; 13. Next steps; Appendix A. The topology of manifolds; Appendix B. Lorentzian metrics and causal structure; Appendix C. Differential geometry and fiber bundles; References; Index.
520			_aA survey of (2+1)-dimensional quantum gravity. The book emphasizes 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. (Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics)
650		0	_aQuantum gravity. _944458
650		0	_aGeneral relativity (Physics) _918362
650		0	_aSpace and time. _937676
856			_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam028/97042893.html
856			_3Table of contents _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam022/97042893.html
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