The Geometry of Minkowski Spacetime: An Introduction to the Mathematics of the Special Theory of Relativity - Softcover

Gregory L.Naber

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0486432351 ISBN 13: 9780486432359

Verlag: Dover Publications Inc., 2004

Inhaltsangabe

This mathematically rigorous treatment examines Zeeman's characterization of the causal automorphisms of Minkowski spacetime and the Penrose theorem concerning the apparent shape of a relativistically moving sphere. Other topics include the construction of a geometric theory of the electromagnetic field; an in-depth introduction to the theory of spinors; and a classification of electromagnetic fields in both tensor and spinor form. Appendixes introduce a topology for Minkowski spacetime and discuss Dirac's famous "Scissors Problem." Appropriate for graduate-level courses, this text presumes only a knowledge of linear algebra and elementary point-set topology. 1992 edition. 43 figures.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Dover Publications Inc.
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0486432351
• ISBN 13: 9780486432359
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 257
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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