Further Advances in Twistor Theory, Volume III - Curved Twistor Spaces

Twistor theory is a rapidly developing field with numerous applications to geometric analysis, general relativity, and mathematical physics. This work compiles approximately 70 Twistor Newsletter articles written and distributed informally over the past 20 years. The articles cover the various branches of twistor theory and contain announcements and descriptions of major developments, statements of current problems, and tentative proposals for their solution. Much of the material is unavailable in the official literature. This compilation makes the material available to a general audience in an accessible form.

List of contents

The Nonlinear Graviton and Related Constructions. Spaces of Complex Null Geodesics. Hypersurface Twistors and Cauchy-Riemann Structures. Towards a Twistor Description of General Space-Times

About the author

St Peter’s College and the Mathematical Institute, Oxford, King’s College London, Instytut Matematyki, Uniwersytet Jagielloński Kraków, Center for Mathematical Sciences, Munich University of Technology, Munich

Summary

Explores deformed twistor spaces and their applications. This work traces the development of the twistor programme and provides an overview of its status.

Additional text

"… In summary, these articles contain many interesting facts and provocative ideas that do not otherwise appear in the published literature."
-Mathematical Reviews

Product details

• Authors: L. Hughston, V. Penrose
• Assisted by: L. Hughston (Editor), L. (King's College Hughston (Editor), Hughston L. (Editor), P. Z. Kobak (Editor), P.Z. Kobak (Editor), L. J. Mason (Editor), L.J. Mason (Editor), L.J. (St. Peter's College Mason (Editor), K. Pulverer (Editor), Pulverer K. (Editor), Haim Brezis (Editor of the series), Ronald G. Douglas (Editor of the series), Robin Horan (Editor of the series), Alan Jeffrey (Editor of the series), Robert Low (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781584880479
• ISBN: 978-1-58488-047-9
• No. of pages: 432
• Weight: 598 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen
• Series: Chapman & Hall/CRC Research Notes in Mathematics Series; Chapman & Hall/CRC Research Notes in Mathematics; Chapman & Hall/CRC Research Notes in Mathematics Series
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