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General relativity : a geometric approach /
A clear, concise and modern textbook introducing the theory of general relativity for final-year undergraduate maths or physics students. The emphasis is on the geometric structure of spacetime rather than the traditional coordinate-dependent approach. Exercises are provided (with solutions and hint...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
1999.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Concept of Spacetime
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Events and Spacetime
- pt. 2 Flat Spacetime and Special Relativity
- 3. Flat Spacetime
- 4. Geometry of Flat Spacetime
- 5. Energy
- 6. Tensors
- 7. Tensor Fields
- 8. Field Equations
- pt. 3 Curved Spacetime and Gravity
- 9. Curved Spacetime
- 10. Curvature and Gravity
- 11. Null Congruences
- 12. Asymptotic Flatness and Symmetries
- 13. Schwarzschild Geometries and Spacetimes
- 14. Black Holes and Singularities
- pt. 4 Cosmology
- 15. Spacetime of the Universe
- 16. Relativistic Cosmology.