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arxiv: 1103.3961 · v1 · pith:UEHGYNDAnew · submitted 2011-03-21 · 🌀 gr-qc · hep-th· math-ph· math.MP

Bubble divergences: sorting out topology from cell structure

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keywords analysisbubblecelldivergencesgammaalgebraic-topologicalapproacharbitrary
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We conclude our analysis of bubble divergences in the flat spinfoam model. In [arXiv:1008.1476] we showed that the divergence degree of an arbitrary two-complex Gamma can be evaluated exactly by means of twisted cohomology. Here, we specialize this result to the case where Gamma is the two-skeleton of the cell decomposition of a pseudomanifold, and sharpen it with a careful analysis of the cellular and topological structures involved. Moreover, we explain in detail how this approach reproduces all the previous powercounting results for the Boulatov-Ooguri (colored) tensor models, and sheds light on algebraic-topological aspects of Gurau's 1/N expansion.

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