Clifford valued differential forms, and some issues in gravitation, electromagnetism and "unified" theories

International Journal of Modern Physics D

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1879-1915

  Rodrigues Jr , W A ^a   Capelas De Oliveira, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Clifford valued differential forms; Einstein's gravitation; Maxwell equation

Indexed keywords

EID: 8644281344     PISSN: 02182718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S021827180400581X     Document Type: Article

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