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Semi-Riemannian Geometry with Applications to Relativity.

This book is an exposition of semi-Riemannian geometry (also called pseudo-Riemannian geometry)--the study of a smooth manifold furnished with a metric tensor of arbitrary signature. The principal special cases are Riemannian geometry, where the metric is positive definite, and Lorentz geometry. For...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: O'neill, Barrett
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Burlington : Elsevier, 1983.
Series:Pure and Applied Mathematics, v. 103.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:This book is an exposition of semi-Riemannian geometry (also called pseudo-Riemannian geometry)--the study of a smooth manifold furnished with a metric tensor of arbitrary signature. The principal special cases are Riemannian geometry, where the metric is positive definite, and Lorentz geometry. For many years these two geometries have developed almost independently: Riemannian geometry reformulated in coordinate-free fashion and directed toward global problems, Lorentz geometry in classical tensor notation devoted to general relativity. More recently, this divergence has been reversed as phys.
Physical Description:1 online resource (483 pages)
ISBN:9780080570570
0080570577