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020 _a9780511535185 (ebook)
020 _z9780521461368 (hardback)
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_beng
_erda
_cUkCbUP
050 0 4 _aQC173.6
_b.S84 2003
082 0 0 _a530.11
_221
100 1 _aStephani, Hans,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aExact solutions of Einstein's field equations /
_cHans Stephani [and four others].
250 _aSecond edition.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2003.
300 _a1 online resource (xxix, 701 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aCambridge monographs on mathematical physics
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505 0 _apt. 1. General Methods -- pt. 2. Solutions with Groups of Motions -- pt. 3. Algebraically Special Solutions -- pt. 4. Special Methods -- pt. 5. Tables.
520 _aA 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.
650 0 _aGeneral relativity (Physics)
650 0 _aGravitational waves.
650 0 _aSpace and time.
650 0 _aEinstein field equations
_xNumerical solutions.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521461368
830 0 _aCambridge monographs on mathematical physics.
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511535185
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