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Author Valiente Kroon, Juan A., 1972- author.

Title Conformal methods in general relativity / Juan A. Valiente Kroon.

Publication Info. Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2016.

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Description 1 online resource (xxx, 594 pages) : illustrations.
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Series Cambridge monographs on mathematical physics
Cambridge monographs on mathematical physics.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Differential geometry -- Spacetime spinors -- Space spinors -- Conformal extensions of exact solutions -- Asymptotic simplicity -- The conformal Einstein field equations -- Matter models -- Asymptotics -- The conformal constraint equations -- Methods of the theory of hyperbolic differential equations -- Hyperbolic reductions -- Causality and the Cauchy problem in general relativity -- De Sitter-like spacetimes -- Minkowski-like spacetimes -- Anti-de Sitter-like spacetimes -- Characteristic problems for the conformal field equations -- Static solutions -- Spatial infinity -- Perspectives.
Summary A systematic and self-contained account, which adopts a geometric approach to study the solutions of Einstein's theory of gravity.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject General relativity (Physics) -- Mathematics.
General relativity (Physics) -- Mathematics.
General relativity (Physics)
Geometry, Differential.
Geometry, Differential.
Conformal mapping.
Conformal mapping.
Conformal geometry.
Conformal geometry.
Einstein field equations -- Numerical solutions.
Space and time.
SCIENCE -- Energy.
Einstein field equations -- Numerical solutions.
SCIENCE -- Mechanics -- General.
Space and time.
SCIENCE -- Physics -- General.
Science.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Valiente Kroon, Juan A., 1972- Conformal methods in general relativity. Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2016 9781107033894 (DLC) 2016015466 (OCoLC)936532101
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