An Isaac Newton Institute Programme

Global Problems in Mathematical Relativity

Loop Quantum Cosmology

20th October 2005

Author: Bojowald, M (Max-Planck-Institute for Gravitational Physics)

Abstract

Many techniques and results of quantum geometry also apply in the cosmological context, where they lead to crucial differences to a Wheeler-DeWitt quantization. This will serve as an illustration of those techniques and the resulting quantum representations and leads to several applications for very early stages of a universe.