Topics in mathematical physics, general relativity, and cosmology in honor of Jerzy Plebanski : proceedings of 2002 international conference, Cinvestav, Mexico City, 17-20 September 2002 / editors, Hugo Garcia-Compean ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Plebański, Jerzy.

García-Compeán, Hugo.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mathematical physics--Congresses.

Mathematical physics.

General relativity (Physics)--Congresses.

General relativity (Physics).

Cosmology--Congresses.

Cosmology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (528 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

One of modern science's most famous and controversial figures, Jerzy Plebanski was an outstanding theoretical physicist and an author of many intriguing discoveries in general relativity and quantum theory. Known for his exceptional analytic talents, explosive character, inexhaustible energy, and bohemian nights with brandy, coffee, and enormous amounts of cigarettes, he was dedicated to both science and art, producing innumerable handwritten articles - resembling monk's calligraphy - as well as a collection of oil paintings. As a collaborator but also an antagonist of Leopold Infeld's (a co

Contents:

CONTENTS ; Preface ; Part I. Historical Data ; Jerzy Plebanski: The Quest for New Worlds; Pleasant Memories with Jerzy Plebanski; My Recollections of Jerzy Plebanski ; Working with Pleban ; List of Plebanski's Publications; Part II. Invited Papers (Proceedings Part) ; Organizing Committee

The Higher-Energy Precursor of the AdS/CFT Correspondence How Black Holes Grow ; Some Theorems Related to the Jacobi Variational Principle of Analytical Dynamics ; Horizon Structure of Born-Infeld Black Hole ; Space-Time Torsion Contribution to Quantum Interference Phases

Squeezing Operator and Squeeze Tomography A Producer of Universes ; Moyal Star-Product on a Hilbert Space ; Null-Kahler Structures Symmetries and Integrability ; Helicity Basis and Parity ; Second Order Supersymmetry Transformations in Quantum Mechanics

Generalized Symmetries for the sDiff(2) Toda Equation Differential Equations and Cartan Connections ; N = 2 String Geometry and the Heavenly Equations ; Noncommutative Topological and Einstein Gravity from Noncommutative SL(2 C) BF Theory

Conservation Laws Constants of the Motion and Hamiltonians Electromagnetic Wavelets as Hertzian Pulsed Beams in Complex Spacetime ; Generalized K-Deformations and Deformed Relativistic Scalar Fields on Noncommutative Minkowski Space

Structure Formation in the Lemaitre-Tolman Cosmological Model (A Non-Perturbative Approach)

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789812772732

9812772731

OCLC:

879024114