Geometrical Physics in Minkowski Spacetime
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E.G. Peter Rowe
Geometrical Physics in Minkowski Spacetime With 112 Figures
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Springer Monographs in Mathematics ISSN 1439-7382
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Rowe, E.G. Peter Geometrical physics in Minkowski spacetime.- (Springer monographs in mathematics) 1. Generalized spaces 2. Space and time - Mathematics I. Title 516.3'74 LJ.brary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Rowe, E.G. Peter, 1938-1998 Geometrical physics in Minkowski spacetime 1 E.G. Peter Rowe. p. cm. - (Springer monographs in mathematics) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-84996-866-9 ISBN 978-1-4471-3893-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4471-3893-8 1. Special relativity (Physics) I. Title. II. Series. QC173.65.R68 2000 530.ll-dc21 00-061905 Mathematics Subject Classification (1991): 51B20, 83A05 Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, this publication may only be reproduced, stored or transmitted, in any form or by any means, with the prior permission in writing of the publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction in accordance with the terms of Iicences issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside those terms should be sent to the publishers. ~ Springer-Verlag London 2001 Original1y published by Springer-Ver1ag London Berlin Heide1berg in 2001 Softcover reprint ofthe hardcover 1st edition 2001 The use of registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher makes no representation, express or implied, with regard to the accuracy of the information contained in this book and cannot accept any legal responsibility or Iiability for any errors or omissions that may be made. Typesetting: Camera-ready by Marcus Tindall 12/3830-543210 Printed on acid-free paper SPIN 10778825
Foreword
Dr E.G. Peter Rowe had almost completed writing this book when his life was brutally terminated in the Yemen in December 1998. Peter came to Durham from Canada via London in 1964 and quickly became a very popular and engagingly eccentric member of our Department. He was friendly and generous, informal, charitable, warm and full of diverse interests which, apart from mathematics and physics, ranged from anthropology and archaeology to foreign cultures and travel. This led him to spend his sabbatical leave in places such as northern Nigeria. His interest in other people's cultures took him to many parts of the world (from Ladakh in North West India, to many places in Africa, motorbiking in Saskatchewan, Canada and South Africa and finally to the fatal trip to Yemen). Peter was witty and was not afraid to speak his mind; at our Departmental meetings we now miss his throw-away but very much to-the-point comments and suggestions. In his teaching
