Exotic Smoothness, Branched Covering Spaces, Andquantum Gravity
This thesis addresses the role of topology and geometry in quantum gravity. A major topic will be how inequivalent differentiable structures (exotic smoothness) can play a physically significant role in both semiclassical gravity and loop quantum gravity. We will discuss the result of including thes...
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Florida State University
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| Online Access: | http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_migr_etd-7363 |