A study of 2-spinors in general relativity, beginning by developing spinors in a geometrical way rather than using representation theory, which can be a little abstract. This should give the reader greater physical intuition into the way in which spinors behave. The author concentrates on the algebra and calculus of spinors connected with curved space-time. Many of the well-known tensor fields in general relativity are shown to have spinor counterparts. An analysis of the Lanczos spinor concludes the work, and some of the techniques so far encountered are applied to this. Exercises play an important role throughout and are given at the end of each chapter.
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... useful for those who are working with the two-spinor formalism and/or are interested in the Lanczos theory. -- General Relativity and Gravitation
this book is good reading for students not being acquainted with general relatvity theory -- Zentralblatt fur Mathematik
this book is good reading for students not being acquainted with general relatvity theory -- Zentralblatt fur Mathematik
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It has been argued that the most natural way of discussing spinors is by means of the theory of representations of groups (see, for example, Cartan, 1966; Carmeli and Malin, 2000). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
orthonormalisation conditions, univalent spinors, spin coefficient form, null tetrad vectors, spinor equivalent, spin coefficients, spinor version, curvature spinors, geodesic coordinate system, principal null directions, dyad components, intrinsic derivatives, spin basis, prime operation, tensor belonging, unique tensor, natural basis vectors, null flag, weighted scalars, metric tensor gab, covariant vector field, spinor form, tensor transformation law, null cone, timelike vector Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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It has been argued that the most natural way of discussing spinors is by means of the theory of representations of groups (see, for example, Cartan, 1966; Carmeli and Malin, 2000). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
orthonormalisation conditions, univalent spinors, spin coefficient form, null tetrad vectors, spinor equivalent, spin coefficients, spinor version, curvature spinors, geodesic coordinate system, principal null directions, dyad components, intrinsic derivatives, spin basis, prime operation, tensor belonging, unique tensor, natural basis vectors, null flag, weighted scalars, metric tensor gab, covariant vector field, spinor form, tensor transformation law, null cone, timelike vector Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- An Introduction to Twistor Theory (London Mathematical Society Student Texts) by S. A. Huggett in Back Matter
- General Relativity; an Einstein Centenary Survey by W. Israel in Back Matter
- The Theory of Spinors (Dover Books on Mathematics) by Elie Cartan in Back Matter
- Complex Manifolds (AMS Chelsea Publishing) by James Morrow and Kunihiko Kodaira in Back Matter
- Riemann Surfaces (Mathematics Series) by Lars V. Ahlfors in Back Matter
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