Tensors and the Cufford Algebra Application to the Physics of Bosons and Fermions |
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| Author:
| Charlier, Alphonse
Bérard, Alain
Charlier, Marie-France
Fristot, Danièle |
| Series title: | Chapman and Hall/CRC Pure and Applied Mathematics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8247-8666-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 1992 |
| Publisher: | CRC Press LLC
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $290.00 |
Book Description:
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This practical reference and text presents the applications of tensors, Lie groups and algebra to Maxwell, Klein-Gordon and Dirac equations, making elementary theoretical physics comprehensible and high-level theoretical physics accessible.;Providing the fundamental mathematics necessary to understand the applications, Tensors and the Clifford Algebra offers lucid discussions of covariant tensor calculus; examines subjects from a variety of perspectives; supplies highly detailed...
More DescriptionThis practical reference and text presents the applications of tensors, Lie groups and algebra to Maxwell, Klein-Gordon and Dirac equations, making elementary theoretical physics comprehensible and high-level theoretical physics accessible.;Providing the fundamental mathematics necessary to understand the applications, Tensors and the Clifford Algebra offers lucid discussions of covariant tensor calculus; examines subjects from a variety of perspectives; supplies highly detailed developments of all calculations; employs the language of physics in its explanations; and illustrates the use of Clifford algebra and tensor calculus in studying bosons and fermions.;With over 2800 display equations and 14 appendixes, this book should be a useful reference for mathematical physicists and applied mathematicians, and an important text for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in quantum mechanics, relativity, electromagnetism, theoretical physics, elasticity and field theory courses.