Spinors in Physics
- List Price: $99.99
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Springer Verlag
- Publish date: 06/01/1999
Description:
Spinors (the mathematical representation of particles in quantum mechanics) play a central role in quantum theory and have an important place in general relativity. This book uses Cartan's mathematical and geometrical insights to illuminate the role of spinors in both physics and mathematics. It then uses the formalism of Lie groups to construct the irreducible representations of the rotations in three-dimensional space, including spinors. The book concludes with a discussion of spinors in four-dimensional space, which turn out to be useful in general relativity.
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