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Poisson Eric <1965-> |
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A relativist's toolkit : the mathematics of black-hole mechanics / / Eric Poisson [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2004 |
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ISBN |
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1-107-14831-6 |
9786612394836 |
1-282-39483-5 |
0-511-64441-8 |
0-511-64819-7 |
0-511-19387-4 |
0-511-56661-1 |
0-511-60660-5 |
0-511-19461-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xvi, 233 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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General relativity (Physics) |
Black holes (Astronomy) - Mathematics |
Mathematical physics |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 224-228) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This 2004 textbook fills a gap in the literature on general relativity by providing the advanced student with practical tools for the computation of many physically interesting quantities. The context is provided by the mathematical theory of black holes, one of the most elegant, successful, and relevant applications of general relativity. Among the topics discussed are congruencies of timelike and null geodesics, the embedding of spacelike, timelike and null hypersurfaces in spacetime, and the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations of general relativity. |
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