A note on area variables in Regge calculus

John W. Barrett; Martin Roček; Ruth M. Williams

doi:10.1088/0264-9381/16/4/025

A note on area variables in Regge calculus

John W. Barrett
, Martin Roček
, Ruth M. Williams

Institute for Theoretical Physics

University of Nottingham
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We consider the possibility of setting up a new version of Regge calculus in four dimensions with areas of triangles as the basic variables rather than the edge lengths. The difficulties and restrictions of this approach are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1373-1376
Number of pages	4
Journal	Classical and Quantum Gravity
Volume	16
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/16/4/025
State	Published - Apr 1999

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