Showing papers by "Roger Penrose published in 1984"
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01 Jan 1984
TL;DR: The calculus of 2-spinors was introduced and systematically developed in this article, which leads not only to a deeper understanding of the structure of space-time, but also provides shortcuts to some very tedious calculations.
Abstract: This volume introduces and systematically develops the calculus of 2-spinors. This is the first detailed exposition of this technique which leads not only to a deeper understanding of the structure of space-time, but also provides shortcuts to some very tedious calculations. Many results are given here for the first time.
2,260 citations
Book•
01 Jan 1984
TL;DR: The geometry of world-vectors and spin vectors has been studied in this paper, where the authors introduce the concept of spinor algebra and spinors and world-tensors.
Abstract: Preface 1. The geometry of world-vectors and spin-vectors 2. Abstract indices and spinor algebra 3. Spinors and world-tensors 4. Differentiation and curvature 5. Fields in space-time Appendix References Subject and author index Index of symbols.
266 citations
01 Jan 1984
227 citations
01 Oct 1984
3 citations