defines projective twistor space to be the space of projective pure spinors for the conformal group. In its original form, twistor theory encodes physical...
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topological B model string theory in twistor space. It was initially proposed by Edward Witten in 2003. Twistor theory was introduced by Roger Penrose from...
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The axial twist theory (a.k.a. axial twist hypothesis) is a proposed scientific theory that has been proposed to explain a range of unusual aspects of...
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Quantum gravity (redirect from Quantum theory of gravity)
lesser-known but no less important theories include causal dynamical triangulation, noncommutative geometry, and twistor theory. One of the difficulties of formulating...
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twistor in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Twistor may refer to: Twistor correspondence Twistor memory Twistor space Twistor string theory Twistor theory...
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theoretical physics (especially twistor theory), twistor space is the complex vector space of solutions of the twistor equation ∇ A ′ ( A Ω B ) = 0 {\displaystyle...
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in 1975 for research on twistor theory supervised by Roger Penrose. Since the early 1970s, Hodges has worked on twistor theory, which is the approach to...
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Complex analysis (redirect from Theory of analytic functions)
the branches of hydrodynamics, thermodynamics, quantum mechanics, and twistor theory. By extension, use of complex analysis also has applications in engineering...
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rotation or Penrose–Terrell rotation. In 1967, Penrose invented the twistor theory, which maps geometric objects in Minkowski space into the 4-dimensional...
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Penrose transform (redirect from Twistor transform)
space in question is the twistor space, a geometrical space naturally associated to the original spacetime, and the twistor transform is also geometrically...
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Twistor theory — Yang–Mills theory Music: Music theory Philosophy: Proof theory — Speculative reason — Theory of truth — Type theory — Value theory —...
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Amplituhedron (category Scattering theory)
In mathematics and theoretical physics (especially twistor string theory), an amplituhedron is a geometric structure introduced in 2013 by Nima Arkani-Hamed...
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C. Wim (1966) "A Rigorous Proof of Determinism Derived from the Special Theory of Relativity", Philosophy of Science, 33 (1966) pp. 341–344 Putnam, Hilary...
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Surgery theory Teichmüller theory Theory of equations Theory of statistics Topos theory Transcendental number theory Twistor theory Type theory Wheel theory...
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A theory of everything (TOE), final theory, ultimate theory, unified field theory, or master theory is a hypothetical singular, all-encompassing, coherent...
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Loop quantum gravity (redirect from Quantum loop theory)
Ashtekar variables, Laurent Freidel, Simone Speziale, et al., spinors and twistor theory with loop quantum gravity, and Lee Smolin et al. with Verlinde entropic...
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quantum teleportation. Jozsa received his Doctor of Philosophy degree on twistor theory at Oxford, under the supervision of Roger Penrose. Jozsa has held previous...
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In physics, a unified field theory (UFT) is a type of field theory that allows all fundamental forces and elementary particles to be written in terms of...
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Peter Woit (section Criticism of string theory)
mathematician who works in twistor theory. He works in the mathematics department at Columbia University. Woit, a critic of string theory, has published a book...
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General relativity (redirect from General theory of relativity)
the lattice theory of gravity based on the Feynman Path Integral approach and Regge calculus, dynamical triangulations, causal sets, twistor models or the...
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theoretical physics, the Einstein–Cartan theory, also known as the Einstein–Cartan–Sciama–Kibble theory, is a classical theory of gravitation, one of several alternatives...
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caused the problems in the first place. Twistor space is the geometry that results from solutions of twistor equations. In 1967 Roger Penrose developed...
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Newton's law of universal gravitation (redirect from Newton's theory of gravitation)
gravity, there were many theories explaining gravity. Philosophers made observations about things falling down − and developed theories why they do – as early...
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networks and twistor theory. Jorge Pullin: physicist who helped develop loop quantum gravity, co-author of Loops, Knots, Gauge Theories and Quantum Gravity...
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Gravity (redirect from Theory of gravitation)
objects get farther away. Gravity is accurately described by the general theory of relativity, proposed by Albert Einstein in 1915, which describes gravity...
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Spin network (category Quantum field theory)
but published in 1971 according to Roger Penrose, "On the Origins of Twistor Theory" (Archived June 23, 2021) in: Gravitation and Geometry, a Volume in...
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Pioneers of gravitational theory In physics, theories of gravitation postulate mechanisms of interaction governing the movements of bodies with mass....
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Ronja Twister, an electronics module for free space optic Twist (disambiguation) Twistor theory This disambiguation page lists articles associated with...
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manifold Calabi–Yau manifold Gravitational instanton Hyperkähler quotient Twistor theory Calabi, Eugenio (1979). "Métriques kählériennes et fibrés holomorphes"...
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In physics, Kaluza–Klein theory (KK theory) is a classical unified field theory of gravitation and electromagnetism built around the idea of a fifth dimension...
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