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Informationen zum Autor Michael Hobson is a Reader in Astrophysics and Cosmology at the Cavendish Laboratory. He is also Director of Natural Sciences at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Klappentext This is a clear mathematical introduction to Einstein's theory of general relativity. It presents a wide range of applications of the theory! concentrating on its physical consequences. After reviewing the basic concepts! the authors present an intuitive discussion of the mathematical background! which is then used to develop a physical understanding of a wide range of topics in relativistic gravitation. Written for advanced undergraduate and graduate students! this approachable textbook contains over 300 exercises to illuminate and extend the discussion in the text. Zusammenfassung Written for advanced undergraduate and graduate students! this is a clear mathematical introduction to Einstein's theory of general relativity and its physical applications. Concentrating on the theory's physical consequences! this approachable textbook contains over 300 exercises to illuminate and extend the discussion. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The spacetime of special relativity; 2. Manifolds and coordinates; 3. Vector calculus on manifolds; 4. Tensor calculus on manifolds; 5. Special relativity revisited; 6. Electromagnetism; 7. The equivalence principle and spacetime curvature; 8. The gravitational field equations; 9. The Schwarzschild geometry; 10. Experimental tests of general relativity; 11. Schwarzschild black holes; 12. Further spherically-symmetric geometries; 13. The Kerr geometry; 14. The Friedmann-Robertson-Walker geometry; 15. Cosmological models; 16. Inflationary cosmology; 17. Linearised general relativity; 18. Gravitational waves; 19. A variational approach to general relativity.
