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Tensors and the Clifford algebra : application to the physics of bosons and fermions /

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 understa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Charlier, Alphonse, 1939-
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton : CRC Press, [2020]
Edition:1st edition.
Series:Monographs and textbooks in pure and applied mathematics ; 163
Subjects:
Bosons > Mathematics.
Fermions > Mathematics.
Calculus of tensors.
Clifford algebras.
Mathematical physics.
MATHEMATICS / General
MATHEMATICS / Algebra / General
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Tensor analysis; Minkowski space; covariant formulation of electromagnetism; the Cayley-Klein parameters; vector algebra; application of Clifford algebra to bosons
  • Klein-Gordon equation; fermions
  • Dirac equation.