Torres del Castillo 3-D Spinors, Spin-Weighted Functions and their Applications

2003
ISBN: 978-0-8176-8146-3
Verlag: Birkhäuser Boston
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 32, 249 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Progress in Mathematical Physics

This book on the theory of three-dimensional spinors and their applications fills an important gap in the literature. It gives an introductory treatment of spinors.

From the reviews:

"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

Zielgruppe

Graduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Torres del Castillo, Gerardo F.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface * Rotations and Spinors * Spin-weighted spherical harmonics * Spin-weighted spherical harmonics with Applications * Spin-weighted cylindrical harmonics * Spinor algebra * Spinor analysis * Applications to general relativity * Appendix: Spinors in four-dimensional space-time * References * Index