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Twistor Theory Stephen Huggett

Twistor Theory By Stephen Huggett

Twistor Theory by Stephen Huggett


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Describes work by researchers in twistor theory. This book covers a wide range of subjects, that include conformal invariants, integral transforms, Einstein equations, anti-self-dual Riemannian 4-manifolds, deformation theory, 4-dimensional conformal structures, and more.

Twistor Theory Summary

Twistor Theory by Stephen Huggett

Presents the proceedings of the recently held conference at the University of Plymouth. Papers describe recent work by leading researchers in twistor theory and cover a wide range of subjects, including conformal invariants, integral transforms, Einstein equations, anti-self-dual Riemannian 4-manifolds, deformation theory, 4-dimensional conformal structures, and more.;The book is intended for complex geometers and analysts, theoretical physicists, and graduate students in complex analysis, complex differential geometry, and mathematical physics.

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Table of Contents

Preface, Contributors, 1. Thomas's D-Calculus, Parabolic Invariant Theory, and Conformal Invariants, 2. Cohomogeneity-One Kahler Metrics, 3. Another Integral Transform in Twistor Theory, 4. Twistors and Spin-3/2 Potentials in Quantum Gravity, 5. Analytic Cohomology of Blown-Up Twistor Spaces, 6. Geometric Aspects of Quantum Mechanics, 7. Anti-Self-Dual Riemannian 4-Manifolds, 8. Generalized Twistor Correspondences, d-Bar Problems, and the KP Equations, 9. Relative Deformation Theory and Differential Geometry, 10. Self-Duality and Connected Sums of Complex, Projective Planes, 11. Twistors and the Einstein Equations, 12. Remarks on the Period Mapping for 4-Dimensional Conformal Structures, 13. Cohomogeneity-One Metrics with Self-Dual Weyl Tensor ,14. Twistor Theory and Isomonodromy, Appendixes, Geometry of Relative Deformations.I, Geometry of Relative Deformations. II, Index

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NPB9780824793210
9780824793210
0824793218
Twistor Theory by Stephen Huggett
New
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Inc
1994-11-15
288
N/A
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