Spinors and Space-Time: Volume 2, Spinor and Twistor Methods in Space-Time Geometry

(Part of the Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics Series)

by Roger Penrose and 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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521347866

ISBN13:9780521347860

Release Date:April 1988

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:512 Pages

Weight:1.58 lbs.

Dimensions:1.3" x 6.2" x 8.9"

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