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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:logic
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gptkbp:appliesTo
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space-time
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gptkbp:category
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gptkb:geometry
gptkb:Theoretical_physics
gptkb:Quantum_gravity
Mathematical physics
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gptkbp:field
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gptkb:geometry
gptkb:theoretical_physics
mathematical physics
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gptkbp:goal
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unify quantum theory and general relativity
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gptkbp:hasConcept
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gptkb:twistor_space
twistors
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Twistor theory
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gptkbp:introduced
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gptkb:Roger_Penrose
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gptkbp:introducedIn
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1967
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gptkbp:notableFor
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study of black holes
study of gravitational instantons
calculation of scattering amplitudes in gauge theory
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gptkbp:notablePerson
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gptkb:Edward_Witten
gptkb:Michael_Atiyah
gptkb:Roger_Penrose
gptkb:Nigel_Hitchin
gptkb:Simon_Donaldson
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gptkbp:notablePublication
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gptkb:Atiyah,_M.,_Hitchin,_N.,_&_Singer,_I._(1978)._Self-duality_in_four-dimensional_Riemannian_geometry._Proc._R._Soc._Lond._A.
gptkb:Penrose,_R._(1972)._Twistor_quantization_and_curved_space-time._Int._J._Theor._Phys.
gptkb:Witten,_E._(2004)._Perturbative_gauge_theory_as_a_string_theory_in_twistor_space._Commun._Math._Phys.
Penrose, R. (1967). Twistor algebra. J. Math. Phys.
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Yang–Mills_theory
gptkb:conformal_geometry
gptkb:string_theory
gptkb:Penrose_transform
integrable systems
complex geometry
scattering amplitudes
self-dual solutions
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Roger_Penrose
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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