Twistor Geometry and Field Theory (Paperback, Revised)

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.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics
Release date:	July 1991
First published:	1990
Authors:	R.S. Ward • Raymond O. Wells, Jr
Dimensions:	228 x 150 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	532
Edition:	Revised
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-42268-0
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Relativity physics > General Promotions
LSN:	0-521-42268-X
Barcode:	9780521422680

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