01330nam a2200253 a 4500 vtls000064423 KUKTEM 20251125093609.0 121003t2011 enka f 001 0 eng d 9780199590759 0199590753 201306251133 saini 201210031557 safura UMP QC178 .G36 2011 Gambini, Rodolfo A first course in loop quantum gravity / Rodolfo Gambini and Jorge Pullin Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011 viii, 183 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [174]-179) and index . Why quantize gravity? -- 2. Special relativity and electromagnetism -- 3. Some elements of general relativity -- 4. Hamiltonian mechanics including constraints and fields -- 5. Yang-Mills theories -- 6. Quantum mechanics and elements of quantum field theory -- 7. General relativity in terms of Ashtekar’s new variables -- 8. Loop representation for general relativity -- 9. An application: loop quantum cosmology -- 10. Further developments -- 11. Open issues and controversies Quantum gravity Pullin, Jorge 0 0 0 0 20000 20000 2019-09-04 165.39 0 QC178 .G36 2011 0000074063 2019-09-04 00:00:00 1 165.39 2019-09-04 OPEN VIRTUA40 66228 66234 VTLSSORT0080*0200*0201*0400*0900*1000*2450*2600*3000*5040*5050*6500*7000*9992