Gravity, gauge theories and geometric algebra

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 356, Issue 1737, 1998, Pages 487-582

  Lasenby, A ^a   Doran, C ^a   Gull, S ^a  

^a CAVENDISH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Black holes; Clifford algebra; Cosmology; Gauge theory; Geometric algebra; Gravity

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142634512     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.1998.0178     Document Type: Article

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