The Special Theory of Relativity: A Mathematical Exposition (Universitext) - Softcover

Das, Anadijiban

 
9783540940425: The Special Theory of Relativity: A Mathematical Exposition (Universitext)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 3540940421 ISBN 13: 9783540940425
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K, 1993

Synopsis

Based on a course taught at Simon Fraser University, this book presents the special theory of relativity from a mathematical point of view. It begins with the axioms for Minkowski space-time, and discusses the kinematics of Special Relativity in terms of Lorentz transformations. Extending the discussion to spinors, the author shows how a unimodular mapping of the spinor space can induce a proper Lorentz mapping on the Minkowski space. Relativistic mechanics is discussed from a Lagrangian point of view, and the book concludes with a development of relativistic (classical) field theory, including a proof of Noether's theorem and discussions of the Klein-Gordon, electromagnetic, and Dirac fields. The final chapter describes recent work on classical fields in an eight-dimensional covariant phase space.

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Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Publication date
1993
Language
English
ISBN 10 
3540940421
ISBN 13 
9783540940425
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
226

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