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Spinors and Space-Time: Volume 2, Spinor and Twistor Methods in Space-Time Geometry Roger Penrose

Spinors and Space-Time: Volume 2, Spinor and Twistor Methods in Space-Time Geometry By Roger Penrose

Spinors and Space-Time: Volume 2, Spinor and Twistor Methods in Space-Time Geometry by Roger Penrose


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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.

Spinors and Space-Time: Volume 2, Spinor and Twistor Methods in Space-Time Geometry Summary

Spinors and Space-Time: Volume 2, Spinor and Twistor Methods in Space-Time Geometry by Roger Penrose

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.

Spinors and Space-Time: Volume 2, Spinor and Twistor Methods in Space-Time Geometry Reviews

Topics covered include massless fields, the geometry of light rays, and the conformal structure of infinity. Twistorial applications abound and are presented in great detail. The approach here is to show how problems with the standard physical framework may be solved using new twistorial techniques. American Mathematics Monthly

Table of Contents

Preface; Summary of volume 1; 6. Twistors; 7. Null congruences; 8. Classification of curvature tensors; 9. Conformal infinity; Appendix; References; Subject and author index; Index of symbols.

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NLS9780521347860
9780521347860
0521347866
Spinors and Space-Time: Volume 2, Spinor and Twistor Methods in Space-Time Geometry by Roger Penrose
New
Paperback
Cambridge University Press
1988-04-07
512
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