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PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521451574
ISBN-139780521451574
eBay Product ID (ePID)493107
Product Key Features
Number of Pages192 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameIntroduction to Twistor Theory
Publication Year1994
SubjectPhysics / Mathematical & Computational, Physics / General
FeaturesRevised
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaScience
AuthorK. P. Tod, S. A. Huggett
SeriesLondon Mathematical Society Student Texts
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight14 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number2
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN94-013959
Reviews' … a certain amount of preliminary knowledge is assumed of the reader ... but anyone who has these prerequisites and who is interested in twistor theory could hardly do better than to start with this book.' Contemporary Physics, "...a quick introduction to some of the deeper problems of twistor theory....book is recommended to anyone seeking to get acquainted with the area." American Scientist, ' ... a certain amount of preliminary knowledge is assumed of the reader ... but anyone who has these prerequisites and who is interested in twistor theory could hardly do better than to start with this book.'Contemporary Physics, 'In all, the book provides a pleasant starting point for the study of this fascinating subject.'Dr F. E. Burstall, Contemporary Physics, ‘In all, the book provides a pleasant starting point for the study of this fascinating subject.’Dr F. E. Burstall, Contemporary Physics, ' ... a certain amount of preliminary knowledge is assumed of the reader ... but anyone who has these prerequisites and who is interested in twistor theory could hardly do better than to start with this book.' Contemporary Physics, 'In all, the book provides a pleasant starting point for the study of this fascinating subject.' Dr F. E. Burstall, Contemporary Physics, ' … the book is recommended to anyone seeking to get acquainted with the area.' American Scientist, ‘ … a certain amount of preliminary knowledge is assumed of the reader ... but anyone who has these prerequisites and who is interested in twistor theory could hardly do better than to start with this book.’Contemporary Physics, "One of the virtues of this new work is that it is concise and to the point, a property that should particularly commend it to hard-pressed graduate students. Of necessity this means that a certain amount of preliminary knowledge is assumed of the reader, but this does not extend beyond the contents of introductory courses in general relativity and difficult geometry. Anyone who has these prerequisites and who is interested in twistor theory could hardly do better than to start with this book." C.J. Isham, Contemporary Physics, "...a concise but nevertheless readable introduction to some of the main strands of twistor theory and would certainly be a suitable introduction for a graduate student with a background in general relativity or differential geometry." J. Vickers, Bulletin of London Mathematical Society, ' ... the book is recommended to anyone seeking to get acquainted with the area.' American Scientist
Dewey Edition19
TitleLeadingAn
Series Volume NumberSeries Number 4
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal530.1/5257
Table Of Content1. Introduction; 2. Review of tensor algebra; 3. Lorentzian spinors at a point; 4. Spinor fields; 5. Compactified Minkowski space; 6. The geometry of null congruences; 7. The geometry of twistor space; 8. Solving the zero rest mass equations I; 9. Sheaf cohomology; 10. Solving the zero rest mass equations II; 11. The twisted photon and Yang-Mills constructions; 12. The non-linear graviton; 13. Penrose's quasi-local momentum; 14. Cohomological functionals; 15. Further developments and conclusion; Appendix: The GHP equations.
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
SynopsisThis book is an introduction to twistor theory and modern geometrical approaches to space-time structure at the graduate or advanced undergraduate level. The choice of material presented has evolved from graduate lectures given in London and Oxford and the authors have aimed to retain the informal tone of those lectures. The book will provide graduate students with an introduction to the literature of twistor theory, presupposing some knowledge of special relativity and differential geometry. It would also be of use for a short course on space-time structure independently of twistor theory. The physicist could be introduced gently to some of the mathematics which has proved useful in these areas, and the mathematician could be shown where sheaf cohomology and complex manifold theory can be used in physics., This book is an introduction to twistor theory and modern geometrical approaches to space-time structure at the graduate or advanced undergraduate level., This text is an introduction to twistor theory and modern geometrical approaches to space-time structure at the graduate or advanced undergraduate level., This book is an introduction to twistor theory and modern geometrical approaches to space-time structure at the graduate or advanced undergraduate level. It will be valuable also to the physicist as an introduction to some of the mathematics that has proved useful in these areas, and to the mathematician as an example of where sheaf cohomology and complex manifold theory can be used in physics.
LC Classification NumberQC173.75.T85 H84 199
