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Quantum Gravity, Quantum Cosmology and Lorentzian Geometries (Paperback, 2nd ed. 1994. Softcover reprint of the original 2nd ed. 1994) Loot Price: R1,564
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Quantum Gravity, Quantum Cosmology and Lorentzian Geometries (Paperback, 2nd ed. 1994. Softcover reprint of the original 2nd...

Quantum Gravity, Quantum Cosmology and Lorentzian Geometries (Paperback, 2nd ed. 1994. Softcover reprint of the original 2nd ed. 1994)

Giampiero Esposito

Series: Lecture Notes in Physics Monographs, 12

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This book is aimed at theoretical and mathematical physicists and mathematicians interested in modern gravitational physics. I have thus tried to use language familiar to readers working on classical and quantum gravity, paying attention both to difficult calculations and to existence theorems, and discussing in detail the current literature. The first aim of the book is to describe recent work on the problem of boundary conditions in one-loop quantum cosmology. The motivation of this research was to under stand whether supersymmetric theories are one-loop finite in the presence of boundaries, with application to the boundary-value problemsoccurring in quantum cosmology. Indeed, higher-loop calculations in the absence of boundaries are already available in the litera ture, showing that supergravity is not finite. I believe, however, that one-loop calculations in the presence of boundaries are more fundamental, in that they provide a more direct check of the inconsistency of supersymmetric quantum cosmology from the perturbative point of view. It therefore appears that higher-order calculations are not strictly needed, if the one-loop test already yields negative results. Even though the question is not yet settled, this research has led to many interesting, new applications of areas of theoretical and mathematical physics such as twistor theory in flat space, self-adjointness theory, the generalized Riemann zeta-function, and the theory of boundary counterterms in super gravity. I have also compared in detail my work with results by other authors, explaining, whenever possible, the origin of different results, the limits of my work and the unsolved problems."

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Imprint: Springer-Verlag
Country of origin: Germany
Series: Lecture Notes in Physics Monographs, 12
Release date: April 2014
First published: 1994
Authors: Giampiero Esposito
Dimensions: 235 x 155 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 354
Edition: 2nd ed. 1994. Softcover reprint of the original 2nd ed. 1994
ISBN-13: 978-3-662-14933-1
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Astronomy, space & time > General
Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Geometry > General
Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Relativity physics > General
Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Quantum physics (quantum mechanics) > General
Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Applied physics & special topics > Astrophysics
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LSN: 3-662-14933-8
Barcode: 9783662149331

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