| Spinors in Four-Dimensional Spaces 2010 Edition Contributor(s): Torres del Castillo, Gerardo F. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0817649832 ISBN-13: 9780817649838 Publisher: Birkhauser OUR PRICE: $123.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Mathematics | Group Theory - Mathematics | Applied - Science | Physics - Mathematical & Computational |
| Dewey: 515.63 |
| LCCN: 2010930605 |
| Series: Progress in Mathematical Physics |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.97 lbs) 177 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Without using the customary Clifford algebras frequently studied in connection with the representations of orthogonal groups, this book gives an elementary introduction to the two-component spinor formalism for four-dimensional spaces with any signature. Some of the useful applications of four-dimensional spinors, such as Yang-Mills theory, are derived in detail using illustrative examples. Spinors in Four-Dimensional Spaces is aimed at graduate students and researchers in mathematical and theoretical physics interested in the applications of the two-component spinor formalism in any four-dimensional vector space or Riemannian manifold with a definite or indefinite metric tensor. This systematic and self-contained book is suitable as a seminar text, a reference book, and a self-study guide. |