Introducing Einstein's Relativity, 2nd Edition
A Deeper Understanding
$160.23
- Paperback
624 pages
- Release Date
29 August 2022
Summary
There is little doubt that Einstein’s theory of relativity captures the imagination. Not only has it radically altered the way we view the universe, but the theory also has a considerable number of surprises in store. This is especially so in the three main topics of current interest that this book reaches, namely: black holes, gravitational waves, and cosmology.
The main aim of this textbook is to provide students with a sound mathematical introduction coupled to an understanding of …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780198862031 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0198862032 |
| Author: | James Vickers, Ray d'Inverno |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 624 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 29 August 2022 |
| Weight: | 1.31kg |
| Dimensions: | 28mm x 190mm x 245mm |
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James Vickers
Professor Ray d’Inverno is Emeritus Professor in General Relativity at the University of Southhampton. A pioneer in the use of computer algebra in general relativity, Professor d’Inverno developed the early system LAM (Lisp Algebraic Manipulator), which was a precursor to Sheep, the system most used to date in the study of exact solutions and their invariant classification. He also developed the 2+2 formalism for analysing the initial value problem in generalrelativity. The formalism has also been used to provide a possible route towards a canonical quantization programme for the theory. In addition, he worked in numerical relativity (solving Einstein’sequations numerically on a computer) and with others set up the CCM (Cauchy-Characteristic Matching) approach, which is still used in this increasingly important field.
James Vickers is an Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at the University of Southampton and has published extensively on general relativity. His early research was on the structure of weak singularities in relativity and more recently he has given proofs of both the Penrose and Hawking singularity theorems for low-regularity spacetimes. These show that the singularities predicted by these theorems must be accompanied by unbounded curvature. He has also worked on the asymptotic structure ofspace-time and used spinors to prove the positivity of the Bondi mass.
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