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Revisiting Quantum Volume Operator

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2018-06-26 v1

Abstract

In this paper we introduce the n-dimensional hypersurface quantum volume operator by using the n-dimensional holonomy variation formula. Instead of trying to construct the n-dimensional hypersurface volume operator by using the n-1 dimensional hypersufrace volume operators, as it is usually done in 3d case, we introduce the n-dimensional volume operator directly. We use two facts - first, that the area of the n-dimensional hypersurface of the n+1 dimensional manifold is the volume of the n dimensional induced metric and secondly that the holonomy variation formula is valid for the n-dimensional hypersufrace in the n+1 manifold with connection values in any Lie algebra.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1806.09262,
  title  = {Revisiting Quantum Volume Operator},
  author = {Leonid Perlov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1806.09262},
  year   = {2018}
}
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