Twistor Geometry and Field Theory (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521422680)

This book deals with the twistor treatment of certain linear and non-linear partial differential equations in mathematical physics. The description in terms of twistors involves algebraic and differential geometry, and several complex variables, and results in a different kind of setting that gives a new perspective on the properties of space-time and field theories. The book is designed to be used by mathematicians and physicists and so the authors have made it reasonably self-contained. The first part contains a development of the necessary mathematical background. In the second part, Yang-Mills fields and gravitational fields (the basic fields of contemporary physics) are described at the classical level. In the final part, the mathematics and physics are married to solve a number of field-theoretical problems.

Author: R. S. Ward,Raymond O. Jr. Wells,King Jr. Wells
ISBN-10: 052142268X
ISBN-13: 9780521422680
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/26/1991
Pages: 532
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.44lbs
Size: 8.97h x 5.91w x 1.14d