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A relativist's toolkit: the mathematics of black-hole mechanics

By Eric Poisson

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2004
ISBN
0521830915, 9780521830911
Open Library ID
OL22590711M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
2 MB (2159937 bytes)
Pages
248\248
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
300
Scanned
yes
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11

Description

This textbook fills a gap in the existing literature on general relativity by providing the advanced student with practical tools for the computation of many physically interesting quantities. The context is provided by the mathematical theory of black holes, one of the most successful and relevant applications of general relativity. Topics covered include congruences of timelike and null geodesics, the embedding of spacelike, timelike and null hypersurfaces in spacetime, and the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations of general relativity.

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