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Fully extended BV-BFV description of General Relativity in three dimensions

Mathematical Physics 2023-03-08 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Theory math.MP

Abstract

We compute the extension of the BV theory for three-dimensional General Relativity to all higher-codimension strata - boundaries, corners and vertices - in the BV-BFV framework. Moreover, we show that such extension is strongly equivalent to (nondegenerate) BF theory at all codimensions.

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@article{arxiv.1905.09333,
  title  = {Fully extended BV-BFV description of General Relativity in three dimensions},
  author = {Giovanni Canepa and Michele Schiavina},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.09333},
  year   = {2023}
}

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33 pages. Version 2: Improved readability, corrected typos