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Twistors in Mathematics and Physics
About this book
Twistor theory has become a diverse subject as it has spread from its origins in theoretical physics to applications in pure mathematics. This 1990 collection of review articles covers the considerable progress made in a wide range of applications such as relativity, integrable systems, differential and integral geometry and representation theory. The articles explore the wealth of geometric ideas which provide the unifying themes in twistor theory, from Penrose's quasi-local mass construction in relativity, to the study of conformally invariant differential operators, using techniques of representation theory.
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Yes, you can access Twistors in Mathematics and Physics by T. N. Bailey,R. J. Baston in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Mathematics & Topology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Series Page
- Title
- Copyright
- Preface
- Contents
- Twistor Theory After 25 Years — its Physical Status and Prospects
- Between Integral Geometry and Twistors
- Generalized Conformal Structures
- Riemannian Twistor Spaces and Holonomy Groups
- Twistors, Ambitwistors, and Conformal Gravity
- The Penrose Transform
- Notation for the Penrose Thansform
- The Twistor Transform
- Penrose's Quasi-local Mass
- The Sparling 3-form, Ashtekar Variables and Quasi-local Mass
- Twistors and Strings
- Integrable Systems in Twistor Theory
- Twistor Characterization of Stationary Axisymmetric Solutions of Einstein's Equations
- A Two-surface Encoding of Radiative Space-times
- Twistors, Massless Fields and the Penrose Transform
- Twistor Diagrams and Feynman Diagrams
- Cohomology and Twistor Diagrams
- Authors' Addresses