Isotropic geometry and twistors in higher dimensions. I. The generalized Klein correspondence and spinor flags in even dimensions

DOI10.1063/1.529538zbMath0764.32009OpenAlexW2027159221MaRDI QIDQ4031028

J. Harnad, Steven Shnider

Publication date: 1 April 1993

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.529538

zbMATH Keywords

flag varietiesKlein correspondencetwistor theoryisotropic subspaces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Grassmannians, Schubert varieties, flag manifolds (14M15) Twistor theory, double fibrations (complex-analytic aspects) (32L25) Spinor and twistor methods in general relativity and gravitational theory; Newman-Penrose formalism (83C60) Applications of holomorphic fiber spaces to the sciences (32L81) Synthetic treatment of fundamental manifolds in projective geometries (Grassmannians, Veronesians and their generalizations) (51M35)

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