Spacetime Foundations of General Relativity and Differential Geometry
This textbook is for mathematicians and mathematical physicists and is mainly concerned with the physical justification of both the mathematical framework and the foundations of the theory of general relativity. Previous knowledge of the relevant physics is not assumed. This book is also suitable as...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
1999, 1999
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1999 |
| Series: | Lecture Notes in Physics Monographs
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Local theory of space and time
- Analysis on manifolds
- Space and time from a global point of view
- Pseudo-Riemannian manifolds
- General relativity
- Robertson-Walker cosmology
- Spherical symmetry
- Causality
- Singularity theorems