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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Autores principales: | , , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, NJ :
Princeton University Press,
[2017]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
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