The development of ideas in twistor theory
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: The development of ideas in twistor theory
zbMATH Open document ID: 0565.53048
DOI: 10.1007/BF00670806
published in: International Journal of Theoretical Physics
publication date: 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z
review text: We present a review of the main concepts of twistor theory. The emphasis is on the evolution of the subject form the original motivating ideas to the more recent work. In particular we discuss the physical and philosophical reasoning behind the use of the various mathematical structures.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 53C80
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 83C99
zbMATH DE Number: 3901599
zbMATH Keywords: twistor theory
author: Stephen Huggett
MaRDI profile type: Publication
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description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3901599