Geometric algebra for physicists

Geometric Algebra for Physicists

Volumn 9780521480222, Issue , 2009, Pages 1-578

  Doran, Chris ^a   Lasenby, Anthony ^b  

^a SIDNEY SUSSEX COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; COSMOLOGY; QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT;

ARBITRARY DIMENSION; BIVECTORS; BLACK HOLES; COSMIC STRINGS; GAUGE THEORY; GEOMETRIC ALGEBRA; NON-EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRY;

GEOMETRY;

EID: 84925610972     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511807497     Document Type: Book

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