Exotic smoothness and physics :: differential topology and spacetime models /

The recent revolution in differential topology related to the discovery of non-standard (?exotic?) smoothness structures on topologically trivial manifolds such as R4 suggests many exciting opportunities for applications of potentially deep importance for the spacetime models of theoretical physics,...

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1. Verfasser: Asselmeyer-Maluga, Torsten
Weitere Verfasser: Brans, Carl Henry, 1935-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Hackensack, NJ ; London : World Scientific, ©2007.
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Zusammenfassung:The recent revolution in differential topology related to the discovery of non-standard (?exotic?) smoothness structures on topologically trivial manifolds such as R4 suggests many exciting opportunities for applications of potentially deep importance for the spacetime models of theoretical physics, especially general relativity. This rich panoply of new differentiable structures lies in the previously unexplored region between topology and geometry. Just as physical geometry was thought to be trivial before Einstein, physicists have continued to work under the tacit? but now shown to be inco.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xiv, 322 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-316) and index.
ISBN:9789812706669
9812706666
1281120758
9781281120755
9786611120757
6611120750