TY - BOOK ID - 77896066 TI - An introduction to twistor theory AU - Huggett, S. A AU - Tod, K P PY - 1994 VL - 4 SN - 1316087123 1107361990 1107368596 1107366909 0511624018 1299409067 1107364442 9781107361997 9780511624018 9781107366909 9780511959455 0511959451 0521451574 9780521451574 0521456894 9780521456890 PB - Cambridge [England] New York DB - UniCat KW - Twistor theory. KW - Twistors KW - Congruences (Geometry) KW - Field theory (Physics) KW - Space and time KW - Twistor theory KW - Torseurs, theĢorie des UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77896066 AB - This book is an introduction to twistor theory and modern geometrical approaches to space-time structure at the graduate or advanced undergraduate level. The choice of material presented has evolved from graduate lectures given in London and Oxford and the authors have aimed to retain the informal tone of those lectures. The book will provide graduate students with an introduction to the literature of twistor theory, presupposing some knowledge of special relativity and differential geometry. It would also be of use for a short course on space-time structure independently of twistor theory. The physicist could be introduced gently to some of the mathematics which has proved useful in these areas, and the mathematician could be shown where sheaf cohomology and complex manifold theory can be used in physics. ER -