Richard L Faber

Differential Geometry and Relativity Theory

An Introduction

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Differentilil Geometry and Relativity Theory: An Introduction approaches relativity asa geometric theory of space and time in which gravity is a manifestation of space-timecurvature, rathe1 than a force

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor and Francis
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Mai 1983
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 159mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 449g
• ISBN-13: 9780824717490
• ISBN-10: 082471749X
• Artikelnr.: 21329375

Autorenporträt

Richard L. Faber

Inhaltsangabe

PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I SURFACES AND THE CONCEPT OF CURVATURE
II SPECIAL RELATIVITY (THE GEOMETRY OF FLAT SPACETIME)
III GENERAL RELATIVITY (THE GEOMETRY OF CURVED SPACETIME)
APPENDIX A: Vector Geometry and Analysis
APPENDIX B: Hyperbolic Functions
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX