The Geometry of Minkowski Spacetime

The Geometry of Minkowski Spacetime
Author: Gregory L. Naber
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2003-01-01
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780486432359


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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.