1. LOOP GRAVITY: AN APPLICATION AND AN EXTENSION Open Access Author: Taveras, Victor Manuel Title: LOOP GRAVITY: AN APPLICATION AND AN EXTENSION Graduate Program: Physics Keywords: Holst actionloop quantum cosmologycosmology File: Download Taveras.pdf Committee Members: Abhay Vasant Ashtekar, Dissertation Advisor/Co-AdvisorAbhay Vasant Ashtekar, Committee Chair/Co-ChairMartin Bojowald, Committee MemberLee S Finn, Committee MemberNigel David Higson, Committee Member