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Twistor Geometry and Field Theory R. S. Ward (University of Durham)

Twistor Geometry and Field Theory By R. S. Ward (University of Durham)

Twistor Geometry and Field Theory by R. S. Ward (University of Durham)


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This study deals with the twistor treatment of linear and non-linear partial differential equations. The authors develop the mathematical background, go on to discuss Yang Mills fields and gravitational fields in classical language and finish by solving a number of field-theoretic problems.

Twistor Geometry and Field Theory Summary

Twistor Geometry and Field Theory by R. S. Ward (University of Durham)

This book deals with the twistor treatment of certain linear and non-linear partial differential equations. The description in terms of twistors involves algebraic and differential geometry, algebraic topology and results in a new perspective on the properties of space and time. The authors firstly develop the mathematical background, then go on to discuss Yang-Mills fields and gravitational fields in classical language, and in the final part a number of field-theoretic problems are solved. Issued here for the first time in paperback, this self-contained volume should be of use to graduate mathematicians and physicists and research workers in theoretical physics, relativity, and cosmology.

Twistor Geometry and Field Theory Reviews

... skillfully written. It will serve as a relatively accessible introduction to twistor theory for many readers who have not studied the subject before. Others will find it useful as a refresher and as a source of many valuable insights. Nature

Table of Contents

Part I. Geometry: 1. Klein correspondence; 2. Fibre bundles; 3. Differential geometry; 4. Integral geometry; Part II. Field Theory: 5. Linear field theory; 6. Gauge theory; 7. General relativity; Part III. The Penrose Transform: 8. Massless free fields; 9. Self-dual gauge fields; 10. Self-dual space-times; 11. General gauge fields; 12. Stationary axisymmetric space-times; Special topics.

Additional information

NLS9780521422680
9780521422680
052142268X
Twistor Geometry and Field Theory by R. S. Ward (University of Durham)
New
Paperback
Cambridge University Press
19910726
532
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