Spinors and space-time. Volume 2, Spinor and twistor methods in space-time geometry / Roger Penrose, Wolfgang Rindler.
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TextSeries: Cambridge monographs on mathematical physicsPublisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1986Description: 1 online resource (ix, 501 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780511524486 (ebook)
- Spinors & Space-Time
- 530.1/1 19
- QC20.7.S65 P46 1986
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In the two volumes that comprise this work Roger Penrose and Wolfgang Rindler introduce the calculus of 2-spinors and the theory of twistors, and discuss in detail how these powerful and elegant methods may be used to elucidate the structure and properties of space-time. In volume 1, Two-spinor calculus and relativistic fields, the calculus of 2-spinors is introduced and developed. Volume 2, Spinor and twistor methods in space-time geometry, introduces the theory of twistors, and studies in detail how the theory of twistors and 2-spinors can be applied to the study of space-time. This work will be of great value to all those studying relativity, differential geometry, particle physics and quantum field theory from beginning graduate students to experts in these fields.
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