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Spinors and Space-Time

Volume 1. Two-Spinor Calculus and Relativistic Fields

Part of Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics

Authors:
Roger Penrose
Wolfgang Rindler

Date Published: May 1987
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format: Paperback
isbn: 9780521337076

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This volume introduces and systematically develops the calculus of 2-spinors. This is the first detailed exposition of this technique which leads not only to a deeper understanding of the structure of space-time, but also provides shortcuts to some very tedious calculations. Many results are given here for the first time.
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"...careful and comprehensive discussion virtually assures that it will become a standard reference..." Science
"...the book has come out just in the wake of realization that spinors may play an even more profound role in theoretical physics than they do today...very likely to become a classic." Nature
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17th Oct 2024 by UName-1476749
ITS AN EXCELLENT BOOK FOR THIS TOPIC IN ADVANCED THEORITICAL PHYSICS OF TODAY.

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Product details
- Date Published: May 1987
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521337076
- length: 472 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 152 x 30 mm
- weight: 0.737kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface
1. The geometry of world-vectors and spin-vectors
2. Abstract indices and spinor algebra
3. Spinors and world-tensors
4. Differentiation and curvature
5. Fields in space-time
Appendix
References
Subject and author index
Index of symbols.
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Authors
Roger Penrose
Wolfgang Rindler