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| | Topics: Spin Networks |
 | | of SU(2), and vertices n by intertwiners; In the connection rep, spin network states are |
 | | Deformed: Edges of spin networks are enlarged to ribbons or tubes, so the network becomes a tubular, genus-g manifold, decomposable into trinions, separated by circles; Each circle is labeled by a rep of SU(2) |
 | | , each trinion by an intertwiner; Motivation are inclusion of cc, symmetries. |
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