Exact Solutions of Einstein's Field Equations Revised Edition Contributor(s): Stephani, Hans (Author), Kramer, Dietrich (Author), MacCallum, Malcolm (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521467020 ISBN-13: 9780521467025 Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: September 2009 Click for more in this series: Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics |
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BISAC Categories: - Science | Physics - Mathematical & Computational |
Dewey: 530.11 |
Series: Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics |
Physical Information: 1.7" H x 6.9" W x 9.6" L (2.65 lbs) 732 pages |
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Publisher Description: A completely revised and updated edition of this classic text, covering important new methods and many recently discovered solutions. This edition contains new chapters on generation methods and their application, classification of metrics by invariants, and treatments of homothetic motions and methods from dynamical systems theory. It also includes colliding waves, inhomogeneous cosmological solutions, and spacetimes containing special subspaces. |
Contributor Bio(s): MacCallum, Malcolm: - Malcolm MacCallum is Professor of Applied Mathematics at the School of Mathematical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London, where he is also Vice-Principal for Science and Engineering. He graduated from King's College, Cambridge and went on to complete his M.A. and Ph.D. there. His research covers general relativity and computer algebra, especially tensor manipulators and differential equations. He has published over 100 pages, review articles and books.Stephani, Hans: - Hans Stephani gained his diploma, Ph.D. and Habilitation at the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena. He became Professor of Theoretical Physics in 1992, before retiring in 2000. He has been lecturing in theoretical physics since 1964 and has published numerous papers and articles on relativity and optics. He is also the author of four books.Kramer, Dietrich: - Dietrich Kramer is Professor of Theoretical Physics at the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena. He graduated from this university, where he also finished his Ph.D. (1966) and Habilitation (1970). His current research concerns classical relativity. The majority of his publications are devoted to exact solutions in general relativity. |
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