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Exact solutions of Einstein's field equations.

A completely revised and updated edition of this classic text, covering important new methods and many recently discovered solutions. This book gives a comprehensive review of all known solutions of Einstein's field equations. Indispensable for those working on exact solutions in relativity or...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Stephani, Hans
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Edición:2nd ed. /
Colección:Cambridge monographs on mathematical physics.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; List of Tables; Notation; Complex conjugates and constants; Indices; Metric and tetrads; Bivectors; Derivatives; Connection and curvature; Physical fields; Symmetries; 1 Introduction; 2 Differential geometry without a metric; 3 Some topics in Riemannian geometry; 4 The Petrov classification; 5 Classification of the Ricci tensor and the energy-momentum tensor; 6 Vector fields; 7 The Newman-Penrose and related formalisms; 8 Continuous groups of transformations; isometry and homothety groups.