Einstein's Field Equations and Their Physical Implications
Subtitle: Selected Essays in Honour of Jürgen Ehlers (Lecture Notes in Physics)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: March 15, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 433
ISBN-13: 9783540670735
Subjects: Astrophysics; Cosmology & the universe; Differential & Riemannian geometry; Relativity physics; Relativity Theory; Science; Science/Mathematics; Astronomy - General; General; Relativity; General Relativity; Geometrical Optics; Gravitational Lensing; Medical : General; Post Newtonian Approximation; Quantum Gravity; Science / Relativity; Science : Astronomy - General; Einstein field equations; Cosmology; Mathematical Physics
First sentence: The primary purpose of all physical theory is rooted in reality, and most relativists pretend to be physicists.
Description: Einstein’s Field Equations and Their Physical Implications: Selected Essays in Honour of Jürgen Ehlers<br />Author: Bernd G. Schmidt<br /> Published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg<br /> ISBN: 978-3-540-67073-5<br /> DOI: 10.1007/3-540-46580-4<br /><br />Table of Contents:<p></p><ul><li>Selected Solutions of Einstein’s Field Equations: Their Role in General Relativity and Astrophysics
</li><li>The Cauchy Problem for the Einstein Equations
</li><li>Post-Newtonian Gravitational Radiation
</li><li>Duality and Hidden Symmetries in Gravitational Theories
</li><li>Time-Independent Gravitational Fields
</li><li>Gravitational Lensing from a Geometric Viewpoint</li></ul>