Spinors in Four-Dimensional Spaces (Record no. 109930)
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| International Standard Book Number | 9780817649845 |
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| Standard number or code | 10.1007/978-0-8176-4984-5 |
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| Classification number | QA252.3 |
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| Classification number | QA387 |
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| Subject category code | MAT014000 |
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| Subject category code | MAT038000 |
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| Classification number | 512.55 |
| Edition number | 23 |
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| Classification number | 512.482 |
| Edition number | 23 |
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| Personal name | Torres del Castillo, Gerardo F. |
| Relator term | author. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Spinors in Four-Dimensional Spaces |
| Medium | [electronic resource] / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | by Gerardo F. Torres del Castillo. |
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| Edition statement | 1. |
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| -- | Boston, MA : |
| -- | Birkhäuser Boston : |
| -- | Imprint: Birkhäuser, |
| -- | 2010. |
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| Extent | VIII, 177p. |
| Other physical details | online resource. |
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| 490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Progress in Mathematical Physics ; |
| Volume number/sequential designation | 59 |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 1 Spinor Algebra.-1.1 Orthogonal Groups.-1.2 Null Tetrads and the Spinor Equivalent of a Tensor.-1.3 Spinorial Representation of the Orthogonal Transformations.-1.3.1 Euclidean Signature.-1.3.2 Lorentzian Signature.-1.3.3 Ultrahyperbolic Signature.-1.4 Reflections.-1.5 Clifford Algebra. Dirac Spinors.-1.6 Inner Products. Mate of a Spinor.-1.7 Principal Spinors. Algebraic Classification.-Exercises.-2 Connection and Curvature.-2.1 Covariant Differentiation -- 2.2 Curvature.-2.2.1 Curvature Spinors.-2.2.2 Algebraic Classification of the Conformal Curvature.-2.3 Conformal Rescalings.-2.4 Killing Vectors. Lie Derivative of Spinors.-Exercises -- 3 Applications to General Relativity.-3.1 Maxwell’s Equations.-3.2 Dirac’s Equation .-3.3 Einstein’s Equations.-3.3.1 The Goldberg–Sachs Theorem.-3.3.2 Space-Times with Symmetries. Ernst Potentials.-3.4 Killing Spinors.-Exercises.-4 Further Applications.-4.1 Self-Dual Yang–Mills Fields.-4.2 H and H H Spaces.-4.3 Killing Bispinors. The Dirac Operator.-Exercises.-A Bases Induced by Coordinate Systems.-References. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Without using the customary Clifford algebras frequently studied in connection with the representations of orthogonal groups, this book gives an elementary introduction to the two-component spinor formalism for four-dimensional spaces with any signature. Some of the useful applications of four-dimensional spinors, such as Yang–Mills theory, are derived in detail using illustrative examples. Key topics and features: • Uniform treatment of the spinor formalism for four-dimensional spaces of any signature, not only the usual signature (+ + + −) employed in relativity • Examples taken from Riemannian geometry and special or general relativity are discussed in detail, emphasizing the usefulness of the two-component spinor formalism • Exercises in each chapter • The relationship of Clifford algebras and Dirac four-component spinors is established • Applications of the two-component formalism, focusing mainly on general relativity, are presented in the context of actual computations Spinors in Four-Dimensional Spaces is aimed at graduate students and researchers in mathematical and theoretical physics interested in the applications of the two-component spinor formalism in any four-dimensional vector space or Riemannian manifold with a definite or indefinite metric tensor. This systematic and self-contained book is suitable as a seminar text, a reference book, and a self-study guide. Reviews from the author's previous book, 3-D Spinors, Spin-Weighted Functions and their Applications: In summary…the book gathers much of what can be done with 3-D spinors in an easy-to-read, self-contained form designed for applications that will supplement many available spinor treatments. The book…should be appealing to graduate students and researchers in relativity and mathematical physics. —Mathematical Reviews The present book provides an easy-to-read and unconventional presentation of the spinor formalism for three-dimensional spaces with a definite or indefinite metric...Following a nice and descriptive introduction…the final chapter contains some applications of the formalism to general relativity. —Monatshefte für Mathematik |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Mathematics. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Topological Groups. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Mathematical physics. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Mathematics. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Topological Groups, Lie Groups. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Mathematical Methods in Physics. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Applications of Mathematics. |
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| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | SpringerLink (Online service) |
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| Title | Springer eBooks |
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| Display text | Printed edition: |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780817649838 |
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| Uniform title | Progress in Mathematical Physics ; |
| Volume number/sequential designation | 59 |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-8176-4984-5 |
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