Flat and Curved Space-Times - Softcover

Ellis, George Francis Rayner

 
9780198511694: Flat and Curved Space-Times
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0198511698 ISBN 13: 9780198511694
Verlag: Clarendon Press, 1988

Inhaltsangabe

This text explains special relativity and the foundations of general relativity theory in terms understandable to undergraduates in mathematics and physics coming to the subject for the first time. Space-time geometry is emphasized throughout, providing a basic understanding of the special relativity effects of time dilation, length contraction, and the relativity of simultaneity. Bondi's k-calculus is introduced as a simple means of calculating the magnitudes of these effects, and this leads to a derivation of the Lorentz Transformation as a way of unifying these results. The invariant interval of flat space-time is compared to that of curved space-times, and the basic properties of simple cosmological models are presented. Appendices enable the advanced student to master the application of four tensors to the relativistic study of energy, momentum and electromagnetism.

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Verlag
Clarendon Press
Erscheinungsdatum
1988
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0198511698
ISBN 13 
9780198511694
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
360
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