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We present an efficient implementation for the evaluation of Wigner 3j, 6j, and 9j symbols. These represent numerical transformation coefficients that are used in the quantum theory of angular momentum. They can be expressed as sums and…

Computational Physics · Physics 2016-02-25 H. T. Johansson , C. Forssén

The stationary phase technique is used to calculate asymptotic formulae for SO(4) Relativistic Spin Networks. For the tetrahedral spin network this gives the square of the Ponzano-Regge asymptotic formula for the SU(2) 6j symbol. For the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-08-23 John W Barrett , Christopher M Steele

We study the asymptotic expansion of the 6j-symbol using the Schulten-Gordon recursion relations. We focus on the particular case of the isosceles tetrahedron and we provide explicit formulas for up to the third order corrections beyond the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-05-25 Maite Dupuis , Etera R. Livine

The asymptotic behavior of quantum $6j$-symbols is closely related to the volume of truncated hyperideal tetrahedra\,\cite{C}, and plays a central role in understanding the asymptotics of the Turaev-Viro invariants of $3$-manifolds. In this…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2021-03-23 Giulio Belletti , Tian Yang

The Riemannian 10j symbols are spin networks that assign an amplitude to each 4-simplex in the Barrett-Crane model of Riemannian quantum gravity. This amplitude is a function of the areas of the 10 faces of the 4-simplex, and Barrett and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-17 John C. Baez , J. Daniel Christensen , Greg Egan

The purpose of this paper is to provide definitions for, and proofs of, the asymptotic formulae given by Edmonds, which relate the 3j and 6j symbols to rotation matrices.

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2008-11-06 James P. M. Flude

We will attach a scalar invariant to a tetrahedron whose edges are labelled by irreducible representations of a ternary orthogonal group $\mathrm{SO}_3$ over a local field. This generalizes the $6j$ symbol whose theory was developed by…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-02-17 Akshay Venkatesh , X. Griffin Wang

We adapt the Gurau's proof (2008) about the asymptotic limit of Ponzano-Regge formula to supersymmetric 6jS symbols according to their intrinsic parities alpha, beta, gamma. The behaviour at a large scaling shows significant differences…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-07-08 Lionel Bréhamet

In this paper, we study the asymptotics of the $6j$-symbols for the principal series of the modular double of $\mathrm U_q\mathfrak{sl}(2;\mathbb R)$, and of their analytic extension -- what we call the $b$-$6j$ symbols, relating them in…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-11-27 Tianyue Liu , Shuang Ming , Xin Sun , Baojun Wu , Tian Yang

The 3-regular graphs representing sums over products of Wigner 3-jm symbols are drawn on up to 12 vertices (complete to 18j-symbols), and the irreducible graphs on up to 14 vertices (complete to 21j-symbols). The Lederer-Coxeter-Frucht…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-01-31 Richard J. Mathar

We revisit the the large spin asymptotics of 15j symbols in terms of cosines of the 4d Euclidean Regge action, as derived by Barrett and collaborators using a saddle point approximation. We bring it closer to the perspective of area-angle…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-02-27 Pietro Donà , Marco Fanizza , Giorgio Sarno , Simone Speziale

We derive the leading asymptotic limit of the Wigner $3j$-symbol from a stationary phase approximation of a twelve dimensional integral, obtained from an inner product between two exact Bargmann wavefunctions. We show that, by the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2011-04-29 Liang Yu

We show how a simple and elegant graphical notation can be used to derive the Biedenharn-Elliot identity for the 6j-symbol and we demonstrate how the same technique can be applied to obtain new identities for the 6j. We then employ the same…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-12-03 Gianluca Delfino

In the context of spinfoam models for quantum gravity, we investigate the asymptotical behavior of the 6j-symbol at next-to-leading order. We compute it analytically and check our results against numerical calculations. The 6j-symbol is the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-04-30 Maite Dupuis , Etera R. Livine

Recoupling coefficients (3nj symbols) are unitary transformations between binary coupled eigenstates of N=(n+1) mutually commuting SU(2) angular momentum operators. They have been used in a variety of applications in spectroscopy, quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-01-26 Roger W. Anderson , Vincenzo Aquilanti , Annalisa Marzuoli

We establish the geometry behind the quantum $6j$-symbols under only the admissibility conditions as in the definition of the Turaev-Viro invariants of $3$-manifolds. As a classification, we show that the $6$-tuples in the quantum…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2023-08-29 Giulio Belletti , Tian Yang

Motivated by the Turaev-Viro invariant of 3-manifolds, we construct a formal topological invariant of closed, oriented 3-manifolds involving spherical tetrahedra as an application of the asymptotic formula of 6j symbols for the Quantum…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Yuka U. Taylor , Christopher T. Woodward

We relate the semiclassical asymptotics of the 6j symbols for the representation theory of the quantized enveloping algebra U_q(sl_2) at q a primitive root of unity, or q positive real, to the geometry of non-Euclidean tetrahedra. The…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Yuka U. Taylor , Christopher T. Woodward

We present new sum rules for $3jm$ coefficients, which involve, in addition to the usual weighting factor $(2j + 1)$ where $j$ is an angular momentum, the quantity $[j(j + 1)]^k$ with $k \ge 1$. The sum rules appear for instance in the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-05-26 Jean-Christophe Pain , Franck Gilleron

Asymptotics of quantum $6j$ symbols corresponding to a hyperbolic tetrahedra is investigated and the first two leading terms are determined for the case that the tetrahedron has a ideal or ultra-ideal vertex. These terms are given by the…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2021-04-05 Qingtao Chen , Jun Murakami