Из более свежих работ по теории спиновых сетей и гомотопической квантовой теории поля, опубликованных после выхода в свет «Лестницы Шильда», следует упомянуть:

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{4}. T. Konopka, F. Markopoulou, L. Smolin (2006). «Quantum Graphity».

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{8}. F. Verstraete, J.I. Cirac, V. Murg (2008). «Matrix product states, projected entangled pair states, and variational renormalization group methods for quantum spin systems». Adv. Phys. 57 (2008), 143.

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{10}. V. Turaev (2010). «Quantum invariants of knots and 3-manifolds». 2nd revised edition, de Gruyter Studies in Mathematics, vol. 18, Walter de Gruyter and Co., Berlin, 2010.

{11}. М. Baake, M. Birkner, R. V. Moody (2010). «Diffraction of stochastic point sets: Explicitly computable examples». Commun. Math. Phys. 293,611.

{12}. L. Freidel, J. Hnybida (2012). «On the exact evaluation of spin networks».

{13} E. Jonckheere, F. Langbein, S. Schirmer (2012). «Curvature of spin networks».