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A review of the work of David Finkelstein and others on quantum topology is given, the intention being to present physical ideas and a progress report, which will help readers with the more detailed papers. Some new approaches involving walks on graphs are presented.
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McCollum, G. Spacetime code: Preliminaries and motivations. Found Phys 8, 211–228 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00715208
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