Spacetime and Singularities: An Introduction

Naber, Gregory L.

ISBN 10: 052133327X / ISBN 13: 9780521333276

Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1988

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Hardcover. An ex-library copy in original laminated blue hard covers. The usual ex-libris markings. The binding is sound, the text is clean/unmarked, and there is little cover wear. No dust jacket, apparently as issued.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Spacetime and Singularities: An Introduction
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 052133327X
• ISBN 13: 9780521333276
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
• Book Type: Book

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Synopsis

Naber provides an elementary introduction to the geometrical methods and notions used in special and general relativity. Particular emphasis is placed on the ideas concerned with the structure of space-time and that play a role in the Penrose-Hawking singularity theorems. The author's primary purpose is to give a rigorous proof of the simplest of these theorems, by the one that is representative of the whole. He provides exercises and examples at the end of each chapter. No previous exposure either to relativity theory of differential geometry is required of the reader, as necessary concepts are developed when needed, though some restrictions ae imposed on the types of space considered.

Book Description

An elementary introduction to the geometrical methods and notions used in special and general relativity. Emphasizes the ideas concerned with structure of space-time that play a role in Penrose-Hawking singularity theorems.