Theodore Frankel

Gravitational Curvature

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This classic text and reference monograph applies modern differential geometry to general relativity. A brief mathematical introduction to gravitational curvature, it emphasizes the subject's geometric essence and stresses the global aspects of cosmology. 1979 edition.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Dover Publications
• Seitenzahl: 194
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juli 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 136mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 201g
• ISBN-13: 9780486481210
• ISBN-10: 0486481212
• Artikelnr.: 32914378

Autorenporträt

A Professor of Mathematics at UC San Diego, Theodore Frankel was a longtime member of Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study and is known for his work in global differential geometry, Morse theory, and relativity theory.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Notation 1. Special Relativity 2. Clocks and Gravitational
Potential 3. A Heuristic Derivation of Einstein's Equations 4. The Geometry
of Einstein's Equations 5. The Schwarzschild Solution 6. The Classical
Motion of a Continuum 7. The Relativistic Equations of Motion 8. Light Rays
and Fermat's Principle 9. Electromagnetism in Three-Space and Minkowski
Space 10. Electromagnetism in General Relativity 11. The Interior Solution
12. Cosmology References Index