Twistor Geometry and Field Theory (Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics) - Hardcover

Ward, R. S.; Wells Jr, Raymond O.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521268907 ISBN 13: 9780521268905

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1990

Synopsis

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.

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Review

"... 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

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521268907
• ISBN 13: 9780521268905
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 530