Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-1-1996
Abstract
We propose to interpret the action of the quantum Hamiltonian constraint of general relativity in the loop representation as a skein relation on the space of knots. Therefore, by considering knot polynomials that are compatible with that skein relation, one guarantees that all the quantum Einstein equations are solved. We give a particular example of such an invariant and discuss the consistency of the constraint algebra in this approach. © 1996 IOP Publishing Ltd.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Classical and Quantum Gravity
Recommended Citation
Gambini, R., & Pullin, J. (1996). Knot theory and the dynamics of quantum general relativity. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 13 (11) https://doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/13/11/001
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