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General relativity is topological for $\leq 2$ spatial dimensions.

Quantum gravity in 2 + 1 dimensions: The case of a closed universe:

A (2 + 1)-dimensional spacetime has no local degrees of freedom: There are no gravitational waves in the classical theory, and no propagating gravitons in the quantum theory.

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