UID:
almahu_9948233750402882
Format:
1 online resource (xxix, 701 pages) :
,
digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
Second edition.
ISBN:
9780511535185 (ebook)
Series Statement:
Cambridge monographs on mathematical physics
Content:
A paperback edition of a classic text, this book gives a unique survey of the known solutions of Einstein's field equations for vacuum, Einstein-Maxwell, pure radiation and perfect fluid sources. It introduces the foundations of differential geometry and Riemannian geometry and the methods used to characterize, find or construct solutions. The solutions are then considered, ordered by their symmetry group, their algebraic structure (Petrov type) or other invariant properties such as special subspaces or tensor fields and embedding properties. Includes all the developments in the field since the first edition and contains six completely new chapters, covering topics including generation methods and their application, colliding waves, classification of metrics by invariants and treatments of homothetic motions. This book is an important resource for graduates and researchers in relativity, theoretical physics, astrophysics and mathematics. It can also be used as an introductory text on some mathematical aspects of general relativity.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
,
pt. 1. General Methods -- pt. 2. Solutions with Groups of Motions -- pt. 3. Algebraically Special Solutions -- pt. 4. Special Methods -- pt. 5. Tables.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9780521461368
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511535185
