| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 233 pages) : illustrations |
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| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-228) and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Notation and conventions; 1 Fundamentals; 2 Geodesic congruences; 3 Hypersurfaces; 4 Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations of general relativity; 5 Black holes; References; Index. |
| Summary |
This textbook provides the advanced student with practical tools for the computation of many physically interesting quantities in general relativity and gravitational physics. The context is provided by the mathematical theory of black holes, one of the most elegant, successful and relevant applications of general relativity. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
General relativity (Physics)
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General relativity (Physics) |
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Black holes (Astronomy) -- Mathematics.
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Black holes (Astronomy) -- Mathematics. |
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Black holes (Astronomy) |
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Mathematical physics.
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Mathematical physics. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic book.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Poisson, Eric, 1965- Relativist's toolkit. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004 (DLC) 2003063283 |
| ISBN |
9780511648199 (electronic book) |
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0511648197 (electronic book) |
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9780511606601 (electronic book) |
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0511606605 (electronic book) |
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0521830915 (electronic book ; EB20) |
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9780521830911 (electronic book ; EB20) |
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0511194617 |
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9780511194610 |
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9780511193873 |
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9780521830911 |
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0511193874 |
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