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Gauge Fields, Knots and Gravity

Categorie	Algemeen wetenschap
Boeknummer	#349810-ZB1
Titel	Gauge Fields, Knots and Gravity
Auteur	Baez, John C . & Javier P. Muniain
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	Singapore : World Scientific
Jaar van uitgave	1994
ISBN10	9810217293
ISBN13	9789810217297
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original gilt lettered boards, illustrated with numerous equations, graphs and diagrams, 8vo. Series on Knots and Everything, 4.
Samenvatting	This is an introduction to the basic tools of mathematics needed to understand the relation between knot theory and quantum gravity. The book begins with a rapid course on manifolds and differential forms, emphasizing how these provide a proper language for formulating Maxwell's equations on arbitrary spacetimes. The authors then introduce vector bundles, connections and curvature in order to generalize Maxwell theory to the Yang-Mills equations. The relation of gauge theory to the newly discovered knot invariants such as the Jones polynomial is sketched. Riemannian geometry is then introduced in order to describe Einstein's equations of general relativity and show how an attempt to quantize gravity leads to interesting applications of knot theory.
Pagina's	465
Conditie	Goed — Price sticker on rear cover dust jacket.
Prijs	€ 100,00

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