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Clifford Algebra : A Computational Tool for Physicists.
Title:
Clifford Algebra : A Computational Tool for Physicists.
Author:
Snygg, John.
ISBN:
9780198025863
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (352 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Introduction -- 1. A Taste of Clifford Algebra in Euclidean 3-Space -- 1.1 Reflections, Rotations, and Quaternions in E[sup(3)] via Clifford Algebra -- 1.2 'The 4π Periodicity of the Rotation Operator -- 1.3* The Spinning Top (One Point Fixed)-Without Euler Angles -- 2. A Sample of Clifford Algebra in Minkowski 4-Space -- 2.1 A Small Dose of Special Relativity -- 2.2 Mass, Energy, and Momentum -- 3. Clifford Algebra for Flat n-Dimensional Spaces -- 3.1 Clifford Numbers in n-Dimensional Euclidean or Pseudo-Euclidean Spaces -- 3.2 Dirac Matrices in Real Euclidean or Pseudo-Euclidean Spaces -- 3.3 The Metric Tensor and the Scalar Product for 1-Vectors -- 3.4 The Exterior Product for p-Vectors and the Scalar Product for Clifford Numbers -- 4. Curved Spaces Embedded in Higher Dimensional Flat Spaces -- 4.0 Why you may wish to skip Chapter 4 -- 4.1 Gaussian Curvature and Parallel Transport on Two-Dimensional Surfaces in E[sup(3)] -- 4.2 The Operator [omitted][sub(v)] on an m-Dimensional Surface Embedded in an n-Dimensional Flat Space -- 4.3 Parallel Transport on an m-Dimensional Surface Embedded in an n-Dimensional Flat Space -- 5. The Use of Fock-Ivanenko 2-Vectors to obtain the Schwarzschild Metric -- 5.1 The Operator [omitted][sub(α)] and Dirac Matrices in Curved Spaces -- 5.2 Connection Coefficients and Fock-Ivanenko 2-Vectors -- 5.3 The Riemann Curvature Tensor and its Symmetries -- 5.4 The Use of Fock-Ivanenko 2-Vectors to Compute Curvature 2-Forms -- 5.5* The Interpretation of Curvature 2-Forms as Infinitesimal Rotation Operators -- 6*. The Schwarzschild Metric via Fock-Ivanenko 2-Vectors -- 6.1 The Use of Fock-Ivanenko 2-Vectors to Determine the Schwarzschild Metric -- 6.2 The Precession of Perihelion for Mercury -- 7. Two Differential Operators.

7.1 The Exterior Derivative d and the Codifferential Operator δ Related to the Operator [omitted] = γ[sup(J)][omitted][sub(J)] -- 7.2 Maxwell's Equations in Flat Space -- 7.3* Is Gravity a Yang-Mills Field? -- 7.4* The Migma Chamber of Bogdan Maglich -- 7.5* The Generalized Stake's Theorem -- 8.* Dirac's Equation for the Electron -- 8.1 Currents and Dipoles in Curved Space Resulting from Dirac's Equation for the Electron -- 8.2 Clifford Solutions for the Free Electron in Flat Space -- 8.3 A Canonical Form for Solutions to Dirac's Equation in Flat Space -- 8.4 Spherical Harmonic Clifford Functions -- 8.5 Clifford Solutions of Dirac's Equation for Hydrogen-like Atoms -- 9. The Kerr Metric by an Elementary Brute Force Method -- 9.1 The Kerr Metric -- 10.* Petrov's Canonical Forms for the Weyl Tensor and Another Approach to the Kerr Metric -- 10.1 Petrov's Canonical Forms for the Weyl Tensor -- 10.2 Principal Null Directions -- 10.3 The Kerr Metric Revisited via its Petrov Matrix -- 11.* Matrix Representations and Classifications of Clifford Algebras -- 11.1 Matrix Representations of Clifford Algebras -- 11.2 The Classification of all Real Finite Dimensional Clifford Algebras -- 11.3 The Classification of all c-Unitary Groups -- Appendix: -- A.1 The Product Decomposition of Restricted Lorentz Operators and Related Operators -- A.2 The Exponential Representation of Restricted Lorentz Operators -- A.3 The Bianchi Identity -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
Clifford algebras have become a useful tool for physicists at the cutting edge of theoretical investigations. This book is aimed at beginning graduate physics and math students learning mathematical physics, relativity, quantum physics, or applied mathematics; and mathematical physicists.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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