Gauge Fields, Knots and Gravity
Baez, John / Javier, P Muniain![Gauge Fields, Knots and Gravity](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/139/1390134/CHSBZCOP031390134.jpg)
This is an introduction to the basic tools of mathematics needed to understand the relation between knot theory and quantum gravity. The book begins with a rapid course on manifolds and differential forms, emphasizing how these provide a proper language for formulating Maxwell's equations on arbitrary spacetimes. The authors then introduce vector bundles, connections and curvature in order to generalize Maxwell theory to the Yang-Mills equatio...