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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 ;
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Review of Tensor Algebra and Calculus
- 3. Lorentzian Spinors at a Point
- 4. Spinor Fields
- 5. Compactified Minkowski Space
- 6. The Geometry of Null Congruences
- 7. The Geometry of Twistor Space
- 8. Solving the Zero Rest Mass Equations I
- 9. Sheaf Cohomology and Free Fields
- 10. Solving the Zero Rest Mass Equations II
- 11. The Twisted Photon and Yang-Mills Constructions
- 12. The Non-Linear Graviton
- 13. Penrose's Quasi-Local Momentum and Angular Momentum
- 14. Functionals on Zero Rest Mass Fields
- 15. Further Developments and Conclusions
- 16. Hints, Solutions and Notes to the Exercises
- Appendix: The GHP Equations.