num_pages: 272
description: This mathematically rigorous treatment examines Zeeman's characterization of the causal automorphisms of Minkowski spacetime and the Penrose theorem concerning the apparent shape of a relativistically moving sphere. Other topics include the construction of a geometric theory of the electromagnetic field; an in-depth introduction to the theory of spinors; and a classification of electromagnetic fields in both tensor and spinor form. Appendixes introduce a topology for Minkowski spacetime and discuss Dirac's famous "Scissors Problem." Appropriate for graduate-level courses, this text presumes only a knowledge of linear algebra and elementary point-set topology. 1992 edition. 43 figures.
language: English
title: The Geometry of Minkowski Spacetime: An Introduction to the Mathematics of the Special Theory of Relativity
titlecomplete: The Geometry of Minkowski Spacetime: An Introduction to the Mathematics of the Special Theory of Relativity
genres: Mathematics, Physics
ratings_count: 7
publisher: Dover Publications