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Living Rev. Relativity 1 (1998), 13

Discrete Approaches to Quantum Gravity in Four Dimensions

1 Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics and Particle Physics, Faculty of Science, Radboud University Nijmegen

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The construction of a consistent theory of quantum gravity is a problem in theoretical physics that has so far defied all attempts at resolution. One ansatz to try to obtain a non-trivial quantum theory proceeds via a discretization of space-time and the Einstein action. I review here three major areas of research: gauge-theoretic approaches, both in a path-integral and a Hamiltonian formulation; quantum Regge calculus; and the method of dynamical triangulations, confining attention to work that is strictly four-dimensional, strictly discrete, and strictly quantum in nature.

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ORIGINAL http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-1998-13
Title Discrete Approaches to Quantum Gravity in Four Dimensions
Author Renate Loll
Date accepted 19 November 1998, published 15 December 1998
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