Conformal methods in general relativity /

A systematic and self-contained account, which adopts a geometric approach to study the solutions of Einstein's theory of gravity.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Valiente Kroon, Juan A., 1972- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Colección:Cambridge monographs on mathematical physics.
Temas:
General relativity (Physics) > Mathematics.
Geometry, Differential.
Conformal mapping.
Conformal geometry.
Einstein field equations > Numerical solutions.
Space and time.
Relativité générale (Physique) > Mathématiques.
Géométrie différentielle.
Applications conformes.
Géométrie conforme.
Équations du champ d'Einstein > Solutions numériques.
SCIENCE > Energy.
SCIENCE > Mechanics > General.
SCIENCE > Physics > General.
Conformal geometry
Conformal mapping
Einstein field equations > Numerical solutions
General relativity (Physics) > Mathematics
Geometry, Differential
Space and time
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Differential geometry
  • Spacetime spinors
  • Space spinors
  • Conformal extensions of exact solutions
  • Asymptotic simplicity
  • The conformal Einstein field equations
  • Matter models
  • Asymptotics
  • The conformal constraint equations
  • Methods of the theory of hyperbolic differential equations
  • Hyperbolic reductions
  • Causality and the Cauchy problem in general relativity
  • De Sitter-like spacetimes
  • Minkowski-like spacetimes
  • Anti-de Sitter-like spacetimes
  • Characteristic problems for the conformal field equations
  • Static solutions
  • Spatial infinity
  • Perspectives.

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