The coordinate-independent 2-component spinor formalism and the conventionality of simultaneity

DOI10.1016/S1355-2198(99)00033-7zbMATH Open1222.83124MaRDI QIDQ720379FDOQ720379

Authors: Jonathan Bain 

Publication date: 14 October 2011

Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

spacetimesimultaneityformalismspinorsconventionalism

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Spinor and twistor methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81R25) Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) Spinor and twistor methods in general relativity and gravitational theory; Newman-Penrose formalism (83C60)

Cites Work

• General Relativity
• Title not available (Why is that?)
• Title not available (Why is that?)
• Spinor Structure of Space-Times in General Relativity. I
• Title not available (Why is that?)
• Title not available (Why is that?)
• The geometry of Minkowski spacetime. An introduction to the mathematics of the special theory of relativity
• Title not available (Why is that?)
• Title not available (Why is that?)
• World spinors revisited
• The conventionality of simultaneity in the light of the spinor representation of the Lorentz group

Cited In (1)

• The nontriviality of trivial general covariance: how electrons restrict `time' coordinates, spinors (almost) fit into tensor calculus, and \(\frac{7}{16}\) of a tetrad is surplus structure

This page was built for publication: The coordinate-independent 2-component spinor formalism and the conventionality of simultaneity

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q720379)