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An introduction to twistor theory /
This book is an introduction to twistor theory and modern geometrical approaches to space-time structure at the graduate or advanced undergraduate level. The choice of material presented has evolved from graduate lectures given in London and Oxford and the authors have aimed to retain the informal t...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge [England] ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
1994.
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| Edición: | Second edition. |
| Colección: | London Mathematical Society student texts ;
4. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book is an introduction to twistor theory and modern geometrical approaches to space-time structure at the graduate or advanced undergraduate level. The choice of material presented has evolved from graduate lectures given in London and Oxford and the authors have aimed to retain the informal tone of those lectures. The book will provide graduate students with an introduction to the literature of twistor theory, presupposing some knowledge of special relativity and differential geometry. It would also be of use for a short course on space-time structure independently of twistor theory. The physicist could be introduced gently to some of the mathematics which has proved useful in these areas, and the mathematician could be shown where sheaf cohomology and complex manifold theory can be used in physics. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 178 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-173) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781107361997 1107361990 9780511624018 0511624018 9781107366909 1107366909 9780511959455 0511959451 |