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Twistor diagrams and the algebraic de Rham theorem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

Richard Jozsa
Affiliation:
School of Information Science and TechnologyThe Flinders University of South AustraliaG.P.O. BOX 2100 Adelaide SA 5001, Australia
John Rice
Affiliation:
School of Information Science and TechnologyThe Flinders University of South AustraliaG.P.O. BOX 2100 Adelaide SA 5001, Australia
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Abstract

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A method for computing the number of contours for a twistor diagram, using Grothendieck's algebraic de Rham theorem, is described and some examples are given.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1993

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