Ashtekar variables

Layer 1 — Physicsin the loop-quantum-gravity subtree

Reformulation of GR in terms of a densitised SU(2) triad Ẽ^a_i (electric) and a connection A^i_a (magnetic). Converts the Hamiltonian constraint into polynomial form — prerequisite for canonical quantisation of gravity.

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