twistor correspondence

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:mathematical_concept
gptkbp:describes relationship between geometric objects in twistor space and space-time
gptkbp:field differential geometry
mathematical physics
twistor theory
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label twistor correspondence
gptkbp:introduced gptkb:Roger_Penrose
gptkbp:introducedIn 1967
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Penrose_transform
gptkb:twistor_space
complex manifolds
complex projective space
solutions to certain differential equations
gptkbp:usedIn integrable systems
study of Yang-Mills equations
study of self-dual solutions in four-dimensional space-time
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:twistor_space
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6