The Many Faces of Maxwell, Dirac and Einstein Equations
ISBN: 9783319276373
Platform/Publisher: SpringerLink / Springer International Publishing
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Subjects: Physics and Astronomy;

This book is an exposition of the algebra and calculus of differentialforms, of the Clifford and Spin-Clifford bundle formalisms, and of vistas to aformulation of important concepts of differential geometry indispensable for anin-depth understanding of space-time physics.
The formalism discloses the hidden geometrical nature of spinor fields.Maxwell, Dirac and Einstein fields are shown to have representatives by objectsof the same mathematical nature, namely sections of an appropriate Cliffordbundle. This approach reveals unity in diversity and suggests relationshipsthat are hidden in the standard formalisms and opens new paths for research.
This thoroughly revised second edition also adds three new chapters: on the Cliffordbundle approach to the Riemannian or semi-Riemannian differential geometry ofbranes; on Komar currents in the context of the General Relativity theory; andan analysis of the similarities and main differences between Dirac, Majoranaand ELKO spinor fields.
The exercises with solutions, thecomprehensive list of mathematical symbols, and the list of acronyms andabbreviations are provided for self-study for students as well as for classes.

From the reviews of the firstedition:

"The text is written in a veryreadable manner and is complemented with plenty of worked-out exercises whichare in the style of extended examples. ... their book could also serve as atextbook for graduate students in physics or mathematics." (AlbertoMolgado, Mathematical Reviews, 2008 k)

Waldyr Alves Rodrigues Jr, full professor of Mathematical Physics, at the State Universityof Campinas, São Paulo,Brazil, received his BSc from the University of São Paulo, and his PhD from the University of Torino, Italy. He has held variouspositions at Brazilian and European universities, one of them being director ofthe Institute of Mathematics, Statistics and Scientific Computation, StateUniversity of Campinas (IMECC-UNICAMP) from 1994 to1998. He has more than 40years of teaching experience in more than 70 courses at graduate andpost-graduate levels. As a researcher he received many grants, and variousprizes - especially in 2012 he won the Paul Sabatier honor medal in 2012 for hiscontributions to applications of Clifford algebras to mathematical physics.He is the editor-in-chief of the journal "Advances in Applied Clifford Algebras".

Edmundo Capelas deOliveira is a member of theMathematical Physics Group at the StateUniversity of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil. He received hisPhD in Physics in 1982, and became a full professor in Applied Mathematics in 2015.His research topics involve projective relativity, differential equations, complexanalysis and fractional calculus. He is author of several successful textbooks (in Portuguese), teachesundergraduate as well as graduate courses, and held positions as LibraryCoordinator, Graduate Studies Coordinator of the Department and AssociateDirector of the Institute.

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