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Part I. Fundamentals -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Space And Time In Prerelativity Physics And In Special Relativity -- 1.3 The Spacetime Metric -- 1.4 General Relativity -- 2. Manifolds And Tensor Fields -- 2.1 Manifolds -- 2.2 Vectors -- 2.3 Tensors The Metric Tensor -- 2.4 The Abstract Index Notation -- 3. Curvature -- 3.1 Derivative Operators And Parallel Transport -- 3.2 Curvature -- 3.3 Geodesics -- 3.4 Methods For Computing Curvature -- 4. Einstein's Equation -- 4.1 The Geometry Of Space In Prerelativity Physics -- General And Special Covariance -- 4.2 Special Relativity -- 4.3 General Relativity -- 4.4 Linearized Gravity: The Newtonian Limit And Gravitational Radiation -- 5. Homogeneous, Isotropic Cosmology -- 5.1 Homogeneity And Isotrophy -- 5.2 Dynamics Of A Homogeneous, Isotropic Universe -- 5.3 The Cosmological Redshift -- Horizons -- 5.4 The Evolution Of Our Universe -- 6. The Schwartzschild Solution. 6.1 Derivation Of The Schwartzschild Solution -- 6.2 Interior Solutions -- 6.3 Geodesics Of Schwartzschild: Gravitation Redshift, Perihelion Precession, Bending Of Light, And Time Delay -- 6.4 The Kruskal Extension -- Part Ii. Advanced Topics -- 7. Methods
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- Author
- Hadrava P.
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Published
- 2000
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780226870335
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Fiction, Physics, Theory Of Relativity And Gravitation
- Rating
- 4.23 / 5 (177 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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