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  title info:
    title: Elements of General Relativity
  name:
    name part: Chruściel, Piotr T.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
    role:
      role term: aut
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  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2019
    edition: 1st ed. 2019.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: IX, 283 p. 53 illus., 46 illus. in color. online resource.
  abstract: This book provides an introduction to the mathematics and physics of general relativity, its basic physical concepts, its observational implications, and the new insights obtained into the nature of space-time and the structure of the universe. It introduces some of the most striking aspects of Einstein's theory of gravitation: black holes, gravitational waves, stellar models, and cosmology. It contains a self-contained introduction to tensor calculus and Riemannian geometry, using in parallel the language of modern differential geometry and the coordinate notation, more familiar to physicists. The author has strived to achieve mathematical rigour, with all notions given careful mathematical meaning, while trying to maintain the formalism to the minimum fit-for-purpose. Familiarity with special relativity is assumed. The overall aim is to convey some of the main physical and geometrical properties of Einstein's theory of gravitation, providing a solid entry point to further studies of the mathematics and physics of Einstein equations.
  table of contents: Introduction to tensor calculus and Riemannian geometry -- Curved space-time -- The Schwarzschild metric -- Weak fields, gravitational waves -- Stars -- Cosmology.
  note: by Piotr T. Chruściel.
  subject:
    topic: Differential geometry
  subject:
    topic: Gravitation
  subject:
    topic: Differential Geometry
  subject:
    topic: Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory
  classification: QA641-670
  classification: 516.36
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    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
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    title info:
      title: Compact Textbooks in Mathematics
  identifier: 9783030284169
  identifier: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28416-9
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