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Spinors and Space-Time

Spinors and Space-Time

Spinors and Space-Time

Volume 2: Spinor and Twistor Methods in Space-Time Geometry
Roger Penrose
Wolfgang Rindler
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2. Spinor and Twistor Methods in Space-Time Geometry
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    In the two volumes that comprise this work Roger Penrose and Wolfgang Rindler introduce the calculus of 2-spinors and the theory of twistors, and discuss in detail how these powerful and elegant methods may be used to elucidate the structure and properties of space-time. In volume 1, Two-spinor calculus and relativistic fields, the calculus of 2-spinors is introduced and developed. Volume 2, 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. This work will be of great value to all those studying relativity, differential geometry, particle physics and quantum field theory from beginning graduate students to experts in these fields.

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    Table of Contents

    • Preface
    • Summary of volume 1
    • 6. Twistors
    • 7. Null congruences
    • 8. Classification of curvature tensors
    • 9. Conformal infinity
    • Appendix
    • References
    • Subject and author index
    • Index of symbols.
      Authors
    • Roger Penrose
    • Wolfgang Rindler