Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- How to Use This Book
- Part I Physical and Mathematical Background
- 1 Physical Preliminaries
- 2 Mathematical Preliminaries
- 3 Elements of Operator Theory
- 4 Spinors in Curved Spacetime
- Part II Causal Fermion Systems: Fundamental Structures
- Part III Mathematical Methods and Analytic Constructions
- Part IV Applications and Outlook
- Appendix: The Spin Coefficients
- References
- Notation Index: In Order of Appearance
- Notation Index: Thematic Order
- Subject Index
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- How to Use This Book
- Part I Physical and Mathematical Background
- 1 Physical Preliminaries
- 2 Mathematical Preliminaries
- 3 Elements of Operator Theory
- 4 Spinors in Curved Spacetime
- Part II Causal Fermion Systems: Fundamental Structures
- Part III Mathematical Methods and Analytic Constructions
- Part IV Applications and Outlook
- Appendix: The Spin Coefficients
- References
- Notation Index: In Order of Appearance
- Notation Index: Thematic Order
- Subject Index
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We summarize some basics on quantum mechanics and relativity theory as needed in order to understand the physical content and context of the theory of causal fermion systems.
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