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Introduction to general relativity

Title
Introduction to general relativity / Ronald Adler, Maurice Bazin, Menahem Schiffer.
Author
Adler, Ronald.
Publication
New York : McGraw-Hill, ©1965.

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Additional Authors
  • Bazin, Maurice
  • Schiffer, Menahem
Description
xv, 451 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Series Statement
International series in pure and applied physics
Uniform Title
International series in pure and applied physics
Subject
  • Relativity (Physics)
  • Allgemeine Relativitätstheorie
  • Gravitationstheorie
  • Relativité (physique)
Genre/Form
Einführung.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographies.
Contents
Tensor algebra -- Vector fields in affine and Riemann space -- Tensor analysis -- Tensors in physics -- The gravitational field equations in free space -- The Schwarzschild solution and its consequences: experimental tests of general relativity -- The mathematical structure of the Einstein differential system; the problem of Cauchy -- The linearized field equations -- The gravitational field equations for nonempty space -- Further consequences of the field equations -- Cosmology and astronomy -- Cosmological models -- Electromagnetism and general relativity.
LCCN
64016476
OCLC
  • ocm00530883
  • 530883
  • SCSB-278143
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library