The Special Theory of Relativity (Universitext)

by Anadijiban Das

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Based on a course taught at Simon Fraser University, this book presents the special theory of relativity from a mathematical point of view. It begins with the axioms for Minkowski space-time, and discusses the kinematics of Special Relativity in terms of Lorentz transformations. Extending the discussion to spinors, the author shows how a unimodular mapping of the spinor space can induce a proper Lorentz mapping on the Minkowski space. Relativistic mechanics is discussed from a Lagrangian point of view, and the book concludes with a development of relativistic (classical) field theory, including a proof of Noether's theorem and discussions of the Klein-Gordon, electromagnetic, and Dirac fields. The final chapter describes recent work on classical fields in an eight-dimensional covariant phase space.
  • ISBN10 1461208947
  • ISBN13 9781461208945
  • Publish Date 24 September 1993
  • Publish Status Withdrawn
  • Out of Print 18 October 2014
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Springer My Copy UK
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 232
  • Language English