
Twistor Geometry and Field Theory
Cambridge University Press
Published on 26. July 1991
Book
Paperback/Softback
532 pages
978-0-521-42268-0 (ISBN)
Description
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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"... 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." NatureMore details
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
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Worked examples or Exercises
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 31 mm
Weight
854 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-42268-0 (9780521422680)
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R. S. Ward | Raymond O. Wells, Jr
Twistor Geometry and Field Theory
Book
02/1990
Cambridge University Press
€86.66
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R. S. Ward | Raymond O. Wells, Jr
Twistor Geometry and Field Theory
Book
02/1990
Cambridge University Press
€86.66
Article exhausted; check for reprint
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Content
Part I. Geometry: 1. Klein correspondence; 2. Fibre bundles; 3. Differential geometry; 4. Integral geometry; Part II. Field Theory: 5. Linear field theory; 6. Gauge theory; 7. General relativity; Part III. The Penrose Transform: 8. Massless free fields; 9. Self-dual gauge fields; 10. Self-dual space-times; 11. General gauge fields; 12. Stationary axisymmetric space-times; Special topics.