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A Relativist's Toolkit: The Mathematics of Black-Hole Mechanics (BETTER SCAN)

By Eric Poisson

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2004
ISBN
0521537800, 9780521537803
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
2 MB (2078345 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
252\251
Time added
2014-10-05 02:30:00

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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