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Loop quantum gravity and quanta of space: a primer

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arxiv gr-qc/9806079 v1 pith:AKD62YIW submitted 1998-06-19 gr-qc hep-th

Loop quantum gravity and quanta of space: a primer

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We present a straightforward and self-contained introduction to the basics of the loop approach to quantum gravity, and a derivation of what is arguably its key result, namely the spectral analysis of the area operator. We also discuss the arguments supporting the physical prediction following this result: that physical geometrical quantities are quantized in a non-trivial, computable, fashion. These results are not new; we present them here in a simple form that avoids the many non-essential complications of the first derivations.

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