Causal relations via linking in twistor space

Journal of Geometry and Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 339-348

  Field, T R ^a   Low, R J ^b  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Causal relations; Cohomology; Linking; Twistors

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032325480     PISSN: 03930440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0393-0440(98)00021-7     Document Type: Article

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