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A Systematic Derivation of the Riemannian Barrett-Crane Intertwiner

Suresh K Maran

gr-qcarXiv:gr-qc/0511002

Abstract

The Barrett-Crane intertwiner for the Riemannian general relativity is systematically derived by solving the quantum Barrett-Crane constraints corresponding to a tetrahedron (except for the non-degeneracy condition). It was shown by Reisenberger that the Barrett-Crane intertwiner is the unique solution. The systematic derivation can be considered as an alternative proof of the uniqueness. The new element in the derivation is the rigorous imposition of the cross-simplicity constraint.

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