ENTROPY ESTIMATE IN 3-DIMENSIONAL SIMPLICIAL QUANTUM-GRAVITY

被引:39
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AMBJORN, J
VARSTED, S
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[1] Niels Bohr Institute, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø
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10.1016/0370-2693(91)91041-S
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
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We give an estimate of the number of simplicial three-dimensional manifolds as a function of the number N of tetrahedrons used to build the manifolds. By use of a new Monte Carlo method for generating these manifolds we provide evidence that the number is exponentially bounded if the topology of the manifold is restricted to that of S3.
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