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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
January 2010
Print publication year:
1994
Online ISBN:
9780511624018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511624018
Subjects:
Mathematics (general), Mathematics, Mathematical Physics, Geometry and Topology
Series:
London Mathematical Society Student Texts (4)
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Book description

This book is an introduction to twistor theory and modern geometrical approaches to space-time structure at the graduate or advanced undergraduate level. The choice of material presented has evolved from graduate lectures given in London and Oxford and the authors have aimed to retain the informal tone of those lectures. The book will provide graduate students with an introduction to the literature of twistor theory, presupposing some knowledge of special relativity and differential geometry. It would also be of use for a short course on space-time structure independently of twistor theory. The physicist could be introduced gently to some of the mathematics which has proved useful in these areas, and the mathematician could be shown where sheaf cohomology and complex manifold theory can be used in physics.

Reviews

‘ … the book is recommended to anyone seeking to get acquainted with the area.’

Source: American Scientist

‘ … a certain amount of preliminary knowledge is assumed of the reader ... but anyone who has these prerequisites and who is interested in twistor theory could hardly do better than to start with this book.’

Source: Contemporary Physics

‘In all, the book provides a pleasant starting point for the study of this fascinating subject.’

Dr F. E. Burstall Source: Contemporary Physics

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