Spinors and Space-Time

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Spinors and Space-Time

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ISBN: 9780521347860
author: Roger Penrose / Wolfgang Rindler
publishing house: Cambridge University Press
publication date: 1988 -4
series: Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics
price: USD 90.00
number of pages: 512

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Volume 2, Spinor and Twistor Methods in Space-Time Geometry (Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics)

Roger Penrose / Wolfgang Rindler   

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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. 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.

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