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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| Định dạng: | Licensed eBooks |
| Ngôn ngữ: | Tiếng Anh |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2003.
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| Phiên bản: | 2nd ed. / |
| Loạt: | Cambridge monographs on mathematical physics.
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| Truy cập trực tuyến: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=120314 |
Mục lục:
- 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.