This compact guide presents key features of general relativity to help students understand its core ideas and the basics of differential geometry. It describes how general covariance and the equivalence principle motivate Einstein's theory of gravitation and introduces the mathematical technology which allows us to understand Einstein's equations.
This compact guide presents key features of general relativity to help students understand its core ideas and the basics of differential geometry. It describes how general covariance and the equivalence principle motivate Einstein's theory of gravitation and introduces the mathematical technology which allows us to understand Einstein's equations.
Norman Gray is a research fellow at the School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, where he has regularly taught the General Relativity honours course since 2002. He was educated at Edinburgh and Cambridge Universities, and completed his Ph.D. in particle theory at the UK's Open University. His current research relates to astronomical data management and he is an Editor of the journal Astronomy and Computing.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface 1. Introduction 2. Vectors, tensors and functions 3. Manifolds, vectors and differentiation 4. Energy, momentum and Einstein's equations Appendix A. Special relativity - a brief introduction Appendix B. Solutions to Einstein's equations Appendix C. Notation Bibliography Index.
Preface 1. Introduction 2. Vectors, tensors and functions 3. Manifolds, vectors and differentiation 4. Energy, momentum and Einstein's equations Appendix A. Special relativity - a brief introduction Appendix B. Solutions to Einstein's equations Appendix C. Notation Bibliography Index.
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