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Gauge Fields,knots & Gravity (V4)
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Gauge Fields,knots & Gravity (V4)

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Format Paperback / softback
ISBN-10 9810220340
ISBN-13 9789810220341
Publisher World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Imprint World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Country of Manufacture GB
Country of Publication GB
Publication Date Oct 1st, 1994
Print length 486 Pages
Weight 698 grams
Dimensions 15.30 x 21.70 x 2.20 cms
Product Classification: Physics
KSh 10,600.00
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This is an introduction to the basic tools of mathematics needed to understand the relation between knot theory and quantum gravity. The book begins with a rapid course on manifolds and differential forms, emphasizing how these provide a proper language for formulating Maxwell''s equations on arbitrary spacetimes. The authors then introduce vector bundles, connections and curvature in order to generalize Maxwell theory to the Yang-Mills equations. The relation of gauge theory to the newly discovered knot invariants such as the Jones polynomial is sketched. Riemannian geometry is then introduced in order to describe Einstein''s equations of general relativity and show how an attempt to quantize gravity leads to interesting applications of knot theory.


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