The Geometry of Minkowski Spacetime
Download or Read eBook The Geometry of Minkowski Spacetime PDF written by Gregory L. Naber and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Gregory L. Naber |
| Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
| Total Pages | : 276 |
| Release | : 2003-01-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0486432351 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780486432359 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (51 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Geometry of Minkowski Spacetime by : Gregory L. Naber
Book excerpt: This mathematically rigorous treatment examines Zeeman's characterization of the causal automorphisms of Minkowski spacetime and the Penrose theorem concerning the apparent shape of a relativistically moving sphere. Other topics include the construction of a geometric theory of the electromagnetic field; an in-depth introduction to the theory of spinors; and a classification of electromagnetic fields in both tensor and spinor form. Appendixes introduce a topology for Minkowski spacetime and discuss Dirac's famous "Scissors Problem." Appropriate for graduate-level courses, this text presumes only a knowledge of linear algebra and elementary point-set topology. 1992 edition. 43 figures.
