| Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 785 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Oxford mathematical monographs |
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Oxford mathematical monographs.
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| Contents |
I: Lorentz geometry; II: Special Relativity; III: General relativity and Einstein's equations; IV: Schwarzschild spacetime and black holes; V: Cosmology; VI: Local Cauchy problem; VII: Constraints; VIII: Other hyperbolic-elliptic well-posed systems; IX: Relativistic fluids; X: Relativistic kinetic theory; XI: Progressive waves; XII: Global hyperbolicity and causality; XIII: Singularities; XIV: Stationary spacetimes and black holes; XV: Global existence theorems asymptotically Euclidean data; XVI: Global existence theorems the cosmological case; APPENDICES; RELATED PAPERS; REFERENCES |
| Summary |
Aimed at researchers in mathematics and physics, this monograph, in which the author overviews the basic ideas in general relativity, introduces the necessary mathematics and discusses some of the key open questions in the field |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 771-779) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
General relativity (Physics) -- Mathematics
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SCIENCE -- Physics -- Relativity.
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General relativity (Physics) -- Mathematics.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2009275627 |
| ISBN |
9780191552267 |
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0191552267 |
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9786611998707 |
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6611998705 |
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1281998702 |
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9781281998705 |
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