Gauge Fields, Knots and Gravity

by John C. Baez and Javier P. Muniain

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9810220340
• ISBN13: 9789810220341
• Release Date: October 1994
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 8.5"