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Problem Book in Relativity and Gravitation /

An essential resource for learning about general relativity and much more, from four leading expertsImportant and useful to every student of relativity, this book is a unique collection of some 475 problems--with solutions--in the fields of special and general relativity, gravitation, relativistic a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Lightman, Alan P. (Autor), Press, William H. (Autor), Price, Richard H. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2017]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Notation
  • Problems
  • 1. Special-Relativistic Kinematics
  • 2. Special-Relativistic Dynamics
  • 3. Special-Relativistic Coordinate Transformations, Invariants and Tensors
  • 4. Electromagnetism
  • 5. Matter and Radiation
  • 6. Metrics
  • 7. Covariant Differentiation and Geodesic Curves
  • 8. Differential Geometry: Further Concepts
  • 9. Curvature
  • 10. Killing Vectors and Symmetries
  • 12. Gravitation Generally
  • 13. Gravitational Field Equations and Linearized Theory
  • 14. Physics in Curved Spacetime
  • 15. The Schwarzschild Geometry
  • 16. Spherical Symmetry and Relativistic Stellar Structure
  • 17. Black Holes
  • 18. Gravitational Radiation
  • 19. Cosmology
  • 20. Experimental Tests
  • 21. Miscellaneous
  • Solutions
  • 1. Solutions
  • 2. Solutions
  • 3. Solutions
  • 4. Solutions
  • 5. Solutions
  • 6. Solutions
  • 7. Solutions
  • 8. Solutions
  • 9.Solutions
  • 10. Solutions
  • 11. Solutions
  • 12. Solutions
  • 13. Solutions
  • 14. Solutions
  • 15. Solutions
  • 16. Solutions
  • 17. Solutions
  • 18. Solutions
  • 19. Solutions
  • 20. Solutions
  • 21. Solutions
  • Index