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Advanced General Relativity

By John Stewart

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1991
ISBN
9780521323192, 9780511608179, 0521449464, 0521323193, 0511608179, 9780521449465
LCC
QC173.6 .S74 1990
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
896 kB (917078 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics
Pages
236\238
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

A modern self-contained introduction to key topics in advanced general relativity. The opening chapter reviews the subject, with strong emphasis on the geometric structures underlying the theory. The next chapter discusses 2-component spinor theory, its usefulness for describing zero-mass fields, its practical application via Newman-Penrose formalism, together with examples and applications. The subsequent chapter is an account of the asymptotic theory far from a strong gravitational source, describing the mathematical theory by which measurements of the far-field and gravitational radiation emanating from a source can be used to describe the source itself. The final chapter describes the natural characteristic initial value problem, first in general terms, and then with particular emphasis for relativity, concluding with its relation to Arnold's singularity theory. Exercises are included.

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