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| − | Twistor theory was originally developed by | + | '''Twistor theory''' was originally developed by [[Roger Penrose]] in 1967, it is a mathematical theory that seeks to describe the geometry of four dimensional real spacetime via the geometry of 4-dimensional complex space with metric signature (2,2). It has not successfully described spacetimes with matter present. |
| − | Twistor space has also been used by Edward Witten to efficiently calculate the scattering amplitude of Feynman diagrams. | + | Twistor space has also been used by Edward Witten to efficiently calculate the scattering amplitude of [[Feynman diagrams]]. |
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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* [http://users.ox.ac.uk/~tweb/00003/index.shtml Richard Jozsa - ''Applications of Sheaf Cohomology in Twistor Theory''] | * [http://users.ox.ac.uk/~tweb/00003/index.shtml Richard Jozsa - ''Applications of Sheaf Cohomology in Twistor Theory''] | ||
* [http://users.ox.ac.uk/~tweb/00004/ Fedja Hadrovich - ''Twistor primer''] | * [http://users.ox.ac.uk/~tweb/00004/ Fedja Hadrovich - ''Twistor primer''] | ||
| + | * [http://users.ox.ac.uk/~tweb/00006/index.shtml Roger Penrose and Fedja Hadrovich - ''Twistor Theory''] | ||
[[Category:Mathematics]] | [[Category:Mathematics]] | ||
Latest revision as of 00:01, September 27, 2007
Twistor theory was originally developed by Roger Penrose in 1967, it is a mathematical theory that seeks to describe the geometry of four dimensional real spacetime via the geometry of 4-dimensional complex space with metric signature (2,2). It has not successfully described spacetimes with matter present.
Twistor space has also been used by Edward Witten to efficiently calculate the scattering amplitude of Feynman diagrams.