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Holographic Formulation of Quantum Supergravity
Yi Ling, Lee Smolin
We show that supergravity with a cosmological constant can be expressed as constrained topological field theory based on the supergroup . The theory is then…
The cubic matrix model and a duality between strings and loops
Lee Smolin
We find evidence for a duality between the standard matrix formulations of M theory and a background independent theory which extends loop quantum gravity by replacing SU(2) with a…
The strong and weak holographic principles
Lee Smolin
We review the different proposals which have so far been made for the holographic principle and the related entropy bounds and classify them into the strong, null and weak forms. T…
Eleven dimensional supergravity as a constrained topological field theory
Yi Ling, Lee Smolin
We describe a new first-order formulation of D=11 supergravity which shows that that theory can be understood to arise from a certain topological field theory by the imposition of…
M theory as a matrix extension of Chern-Simons theory
Lee Smolin
We study a new class of matrix models, the simplest of which is based on an Sp(2) symmetry and has a compactification which is equivalent to Chern-Simons theory on the three-torus.…