Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 Tensor Calculus — A Brief Overview
- Chapter 2 Geodesic
- Chapter 3 Einstein Field Equations
- Chapter 4 Linearized Gravity
- Chapter 5 Lie Derivatives and Killing’s Equation
- Chapter 6 Spacetimes of Spherically Symmetric Distribution of Matter and Black Holes
- Chapter 7 Particle and Photon Orbits in the Schwarzschild Spacetime
- Chapter 8 Causal Structure of Spacetime
- Chapter 9 Exact Solutions of Einstein Equations and Their Causal Structures
- Chapter 10 Rotating Black Holes
- Chapter 11 Elementary Cosmology
- Chapter 12 Elementary Astrophysics
- Appendix A Extrinsic Curvature or Second Fundamental Form
- Appendix B Lagrangian Formulation of General Relativity
- Appendix C 3+1 Decomposition
- Bibliography
- Index
Dedication
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 March 2021
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 Tensor Calculus — A Brief Overview
- Chapter 2 Geodesic
- Chapter 3 Einstein Field Equations
- Chapter 4 Linearized Gravity
- Chapter 5 Lie Derivatives and Killing’s Equation
- Chapter 6 Spacetimes of Spherically Symmetric Distribution of Matter and Black Holes
- Chapter 7 Particle and Photon Orbits in the Schwarzschild Spacetime
- Chapter 8 Causal Structure of Spacetime
- Chapter 9 Exact Solutions of Einstein Equations and Their Causal Structures
- Chapter 10 Rotating Black Holes
- Chapter 11 Elementary Cosmology
- Chapter 12 Elementary Astrophysics
- Appendix A Extrinsic Curvature or Second Fundamental Form
- Appendix B Lagrangian Formulation of General Relativity
- Appendix C 3+1 Decomposition
- Bibliography
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
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- The General Theory of RelativityA Mathematical Approach, pp. v - viPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021