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Exact Solutions of Einstein's Field Equations

Exact Solutions of Einstein's Field Equations - Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics

2nd Edition

Hardback (27 Mar 2003)

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Publisher's Synopsis

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.

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Cambridge University Press

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Book information

ISBN: 9780521461368
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Pub date:
Edition: 2nd Edition
DEWEY: 530.11
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 701
Weight: 1603g
Height: 247mm
Width: 174mm
Spine width: 40mm