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Loop Quantum Gravity by Thomas Thiemann

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Loop Quantum Gravity
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Publisher: arXiv
Number of pages: 58

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This is a (relatively) non-technical summary of the status of the quantum dynamics in Loop Quantum Gravity (LQG). We explain in detail the historical evolution of the subject and why the results obtained so far are non-trivial.

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