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- noun mathematics, physics Any of the
complex -valuedcoordinates in twistor theory, which maps thegeometric objects of conventional 3+1space-time into geometric objects in a four-dimensional space, twistor space, with metric signature (2,2), a proposed path to a theory ofquantum gravity .
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Accordingly, the strings now become complex curves — Riemann surfaces, to be specific — in twistor space!
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But in twistor theory, a light ray is defined as a single point in light-ray space, and a space-time point P is represented by the celestial sphere's worth of light rays through P " in other words by a complex curve (a Riemann sphere) running through light-ray space." link
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But in twistor theory, a light ray is defined as a single point in light-ray space, and a space-time point P is represented by the celestial sphere's worth of light rays through P — in other words by a complex curve (a Riemann sphere) running through light-ray space. link
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Accordingly, the strings now become complex curves — Riemann surfaces, to be specific — in twistor space!
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"… in twistor theory, a light ray is defined as a single point in light-ray space, and a space-time point P is represented by the celestial sphere's worth of light rays through P …"
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A twistor is a pair of spinors well what's a spinor?
Einstein Still Rules, Says Fermi Telescope Team | Universe Today 2009
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Dr. David Harrison is a physicist who accidentally creates a device that swaps matter from our world into a parallel dimension using a 'twistor' effect.
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Descriptions of Planck scale geometry include quantum gravity, spin networks, twistor theory and string theory.
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In some respects this is a valid criticism of twistor theory also.
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If we presume the twistor-string theory gains acceptence, it will result in something I pointed out multiple times.
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