1. Curvature Scalar Diagnostics and Progress on a Chern-Simons Initial Value Formulation Open Access Author: Wood, Shaun Patrick Title: Curvature Scalar Diagnostics and Progress on a Chern-Simons Initial Value Formulation Graduate Program: Physics Keywords: general relativitynumerical relativityBeetle-Burko scalarChern-Simons gravity File: Download thesis.pdf Committee Members: Abhay Vasant Ashtekar, Dissertation Advisor/Co-AdvisorAbhay Vasant Ashtekar, Committee Chair/Co-ChairPablo Laguna, Committee MemberMartin Bojowald, Committee MemberNigel David Higson, Committee Member