A generalization of tensor calculus and its applications to physics
โ Scribed by Abhay Ashtekar; Gary T. Horowitz; Anne Magnon-Ashtekar
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 1982
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 1018 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0001-7701
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โฆ Synopsis
Penrose's abstract index notation and axiomatic introduction of eovariant derivatives in tensor calculus is generalized to fields with internal degrees of freedom. The result provides, in particular, an intrinsic formulation of gauge theories without the use of bundles.
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