Name: spacetime
SKU: 3432366
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Author: kriele

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Type

Physical Book

Publisher

Springer

Author

kriele

Language

English

Pages

432

ISBN

3540663770

ISBN13

9783540663775

Synopsis "spacetime"

this textbook is for mathematicians and mathematical physicists and is mainly concerned with the physical justification of both the mathematical framework and the foundations of the theory of general relativity. previous knowledge of the relevant physics is not assumed. this book is also suitable as an introduction to pseudo-riemannian geometry with emphasis on geometrical concepts. a significant part of the text is devoted to the discussion of causality and singularity theorems. the insights obtained are applied to black hole astrophysics, thereby making the connection to current active research in mathematical physics and cosmology.