Gravitational Curvature - An Introduction to Einstein''s Theory

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis PrefaceNotation1. Special Relativity2. Clocks and Gravitational Potential3. A Heuristic Derivation of Einstein's Equations4. The Geometry of Einstein's Equations5. The Schwarzschild Solution6. The Classical Motion of a Continuum7. The Relativistic Equations of Motion8. Light Rays and Fermat's Principle9. Electromagnetism in Three-Space and Minkowski Space10. Electromagnetism in General Relativity11. The Interior Solution12. CosmologyReferencesIndex

Product details

• Authors: Theodore Frankel
• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2011
• EAN: 9780486481210
• ISBN: 978-0-486-48121-0
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Dover Books on Physics; Dover Books on Physics
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Theoretical physics