Spinors and Space-Time: Volume 2, Spinor and Twistor Methods in Space-Time Geometry

by Penrose, Roger
ISBN: 9780521347860
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Spinor and Twistor Methods in Space-Time Geometry introduces the theory of twistors, and studies in detail how the theory of twistors and 2-spinors can be applied to the study of space-time. Twistors have, in recent years, attracted increasing attention as a mathematical tool and as a means of gaining new insights into the structure of physical laws. This volume also includes a comprehensive treatment of the conformal approach to space-time infinity with results on general-relativistic mass and angular momentum, a detailed spinorial classification of the full space-time curvature tensor, and an account of the geometry of null geodesics.
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Author: Penrose, Roger
  • ISBN: 9780521347860
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 8.88 x 1.25
  • Number Of Pages: 512
  • Publication Year: 1988