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Publication date: 1987

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curvature spinors twistor theory space- time spin-vectors world tensors world-vector

Spin and Spin({}^c) geometry (53C27) Spinor and twistor methods in general relativity and gravitational theory; Newman-Penrose formalism (83C60) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to differential geometry (53-01) Applications of local differential geometry to the sciences (53B50)

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