Formulations of general relativity gravity, spinors and differential forms
This monograph describes the different formulations of Einstein's General Theory of Relativity. Unlike traditional treatments, Cartan's geometry of fibre bundles and differential forms is placed at the forefront, and a detailed review of the relevant differential geometry is presented. Par...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2020
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| Series: | Cambridge monographs on mathematical physics
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| Collection: | Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Aspects of differential geometry
- Metric and related formulations
- Cartan's tetrad formulation
- General relativity in 2+1 dimensions
- The "chiral" formulation of general relativity
- Chiral pure connection formulation
- Deformations of general relativity
- Perturbative descriptions of gravity
- Higher-dimensional descriptions