| Twistor Geometry and Field Theory Revised Edition Contributor(s): Ward, R. S. (Author), Wells Jr, Raymond O. (Author) |
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ISBN: 052142268X ISBN-13: 9780521422680 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $111.15 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1991 Annotation: This book deals with the twistor treatment of certain linear and non-linear partial differential equations in mathematical physics. The description in terms of twistors involves algebraic and differential geometry, and several complex variables, and results in a different kind of setting that gives a new perspective on the properties of space-time and field theories. The book is designed to be used by mathematicians and physicists and so the authors have made it reasonably self-contained. The first part contains a development of the necessary mathematical background. In the second part, Yang-Mills fields and gravitational fields (the basic fields of contemporary physics) are described at the classical level. In the final part, the mathematics and physics are married to solve a number of field-theoretical problems. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Mathematics | Geometry - Algebraic - Mathematics | Differential Equations - Partial - Science | Physics - Mathematical & Computational |
| Dewey: 516.35 |
| Series: Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics |
| Physical Information: 1.14" H x 5.91" W x 8.97" (1.44 lbs) 532 pages |