The Conformal Structure of Space-Times
Subtitle: Geometry, Analysis, Numerics (Lecture Notes in Physics)
Contributors: Jörg Frauendiener (Editor); Helmut Friedrich (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: February 12, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 387
ISBN-13: 9783540442806
Subjects: Algebraic Geometry; Relativity physics; Time (chronology); Relativity; Relativity Theory; Science; Space and time; Science/Mathematics; Astronomy - General; General; Science / Cosmology; Geometry - Algebraic; Conformal geometry
First sentence: The causal structure, which decides whether a signal can he sent between two space-time points, is of fundamental importance for all of field theory.