On the Relations between Gravity and BF Theories
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We review, in the light of recent developments, the existing relations between gravity and topological BF theories at the classical level. We include the Plebanski action in both self-dual and non-chiral formulations, their generalizations, and the MacDowell– Mansouri action.
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تاریخ انتشار 2012