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Autore: Das Ashok <1953-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Lectures on gravitation [[electronic resource] /] / Ashok Das Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2011
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (351 p.)
Disciplina: 531.14
Soggetto topico: General relativity (Physics)
Big bang theory
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. vii) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Preface; Contents; 1 Basics of geometry and relativity; 2 Relativistic dynamics; 3 Principle of general covariance; 4 Affine connection and covariant derivative; 5 Geodesic equation; 6 Applications of the geodesic equation; 7 Curvature tensor and Einstein's equation; 8 Schwarzschild solution; 9 Tests of general relativity; 10 Black holes; 11 Cosmological models and the big bang theory; Index
Sommario/riassunto: This book is a compilation of the lectures for a one-semester course on gravitation at the University of Rochester. Starting from a simple description of geometry, the topics are systematically developed to the big bang theory with a simple derivation of the cosmic background temperature. Several informative examples are worked out in detail as well.
Titolo autorizzato: Lectures on gravitation  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-14862-5
9786613148629
981-4329-39-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910781202103321
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