Essays about: "Stiefel-Whitney class"

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  1. 1. Spacetime as a Hamiltonian Orbit and Geroch's Theorem on the Existence of Fermions

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för fysik och astronomi

    Author : Viktor Bergstedt; [2020]
    Keywords : 3 1; ADM; black hole; canonical quantization; Cauchy surface; causality; differential geometry; Einstein-Hilbert action; general relativity; Geroch; globally hyperbolic; Hamilton s equations; numerical relativity; parallelizable; SL 2; C ; spacetime; spinor; spin structure; SO 1; 3 ; Stiefel-Whitney class; tetrad; topology;

    Abstract : Over a century since its inception, general relativity continues to lie at the heart of some of the most researched topics in theoretical physics. It seems likely that the coveted solutions to problems like quantum gravity are to be found in an extension of general relativity, one which may only be visible in an alternate formulation of the theory. READ MORE