Relativity and the Question of Discretization in Astronomy
Theoretical researches in general relativity and observational data from galactic astronomy combine in this volume in contributions to one of the oldest questions of natural philosophy: Is the structure of the physical world more adequately described by a continuous or a discrete mode of representat...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
1970, 1970
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1970 |
| Series: | Springer Tracts in Natural Philosophy
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Prologue
- One Theoretical Considerations
- I The Environment for Cosmic Structures
- II An Equilibrium Theory of Galactic Isopleths
- III Galactic Morphology and Scale
- Two Observational Considerations
- IV Observational Problems of Macroscale Discretization
- V Observational Evidence for Discretization Phenomena
- Appendix A. Curvature Conventions and Signs
- Appendix B. The Spherically Symmetric Case
- Appendix C. On Conformally Related Metric Spaces, One of which Admits an Irrotational Isometry
- 3. Lemma and Relations
- Appendix D. Analysis of the Complete Nonlinear Discretization Equation
- 1. Statement of the Problem
- 2. Conditions for Nontrivial Solutions
- 4. The First Approximation
- 5. The Second and Higher Order Approximations
- Author Index