Twistor Geometry and Field Theory (Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics) - Hardcover

Ward, R. S.; Wells Jr, Raymond O.

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ISBN 10: 0521268907 ISBN 13: 9780521268905

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 1990

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Book by Ward R S Wells Jr Raymond O

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"... skillfully written. It will serve as a relatively accessible introduction to twistor theory for many readers who have not studied the subject before. Others will find it useful as a refresher and as a source of many valuable insights." Nature

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This book deals with the twistor treatment of certain linear and non-linear partial differential equations. The description in terms of twistors involves algebraic and differential geometry, algebraic topology and results in a new perspective on the properties of space and time. The authors firstly develop the mathematical background, then go on to discuss Yang-Mills fields and gravitational fields in classical language, and in the final part a number of field-theoretic problems are solved. Issued here for the first time in paperback, this self-contained volume should be of use to graduate mathematicians and physicists and research workers in theoretical physics, relativity, and cosmology.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0521268907
• ISBN 13: 9780521268905
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 530