Theory of Spinors: An Introduction

by Shimon Malin and Moshe Carmeli

Book Overview

Spinors are used extensively in physics. It is widely accepted that they are more fundamental than tensors, and the easy way to see this is through the results obtained in general relativity theory by using spinors -- results that could not have been obtained by using tensor methods only.The foundation of the concept of spinors is groups; spinors appear as representations of groups. This textbook expounds the relationship between spinors and representations...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9812564721
• ISBN13: 9789812564726
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 8.5"