Methods of local and global differential geometry in general relativity;: Proceedings of the Regional Conference on Relativity held at the University ... July 13-17, 1970 (Lecture notes in physics) - Softcover

D. Farnsworth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0387057935 ISBN 13: 9780387057934

Publisher: Springer-Verlag, 1972

Synopsis

Techniques of topology and differential geometry in general relativity.- A simple derivation of the general redshift formula.- Some remarks on a radiating solution of the Einstein-Maxwell equations.- Conservation laws on manifolds.- Structure of singularities.- Lattice transformations and charge quantization.- On an Einstein-Maxwell field with a null source.- The luminosity of a collapsing star.- A class of inextendible Weyl solutions.- Scaling in function spaces.- On the spherical symmetry of a static perfect fluid.- Differentiable manifolds with singularities.- Non-vacuum ADaM field equations.- General relativity as a dynamical system on the manifold a of Riemannian metrics which cover diffeomorphisms.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag
• Publication date: 1972
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0387057935
• ISBN 13: 9780387057934
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 188