Mathematical Perspectives on Theoretical Physics: A Journey from Black Holes to Superstrings (repost)
Nirmala Prakash, "Mathematical Perspectives on Theoretical Physics: A Journey from Black Holes to Superstrings"
2003 | ISBN: 1860943640, 1860943659 | 864 pages | Djvu | 8 MB
2003 | ISBN: 1860943640, 1860943659 | 864 pages | Djvu | 8 MB
This book presents the basics of mathematics that are needed for learning the physics of today. It describes briefly the theories of groups and operators, finite- and infinite-dimensional algebras, concepts of symmetry and supersymmetry, and then delineates their relations to theories of relativity and black holes, classical and quantum physics, electroweak fields and Yang-Mills. It concludes with a chapter on (the complex theory of) strings and superstrings and their link to black holes — an idea that fascinates both the physicist and the mathematician.