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Relativity on Curved Manifolds: Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics

Autor F. de Felice, C. J. S. Clarke
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 24 mai 1990
This is a self-contained exposition of general relativity with emphasis given to tetrad and spinor structures and physical measurements on curved manifolds. General relativity is now essential to the understanding of modern physics, but the power of the theory cannot be fully explained without a detailed knowledge of its mathematical structure. The aim of this book is to introduce this structure, and then to use it to develop those applications that have been central to the growth of the theory. An overview of differential geometry is provided and properties of a tetrad field are then extensively analysed. These are used to introduce spinors, to describe the geometry of congruences and define the physical measurements on a curved manifold. The coupling of fields and geometry is investigated in terms of Lagrangeans and a detailed discussion of some exact solutions of the Einstein equations are provided.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780521266390
ISBN-10: 0521266394
Pagini: 464
Dimensiuni: 159 x 236 x 35 mm
Greutate: 0.85 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics

Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Geometry and physics: an overview; 1. The background manifold structure; 2. Differentiation; 3. The curvature; 4. Space-time and tetrad formalism; 5. Spinors and the classification of the Weyl tensor; 6. Coupling between fields and geometry; 7. Dynamics on curved manifolds; 8. Geometry of congruences; 9. Physical measurements in space-time; 10. Spherically symmetric solutions; 11. Axially symmetric solutions; References; Notation; Index.

Recenzii

' … a useful book with some unusual features which will win it a place on relativists' shelves and may be of interest to mathematical physicists in general.' Contemporary Physics

Descriere

This is a self-contained exposition of general relativity with emphasis given to tetrad and spinor structures and physical measurement on curved manifolds.