Problem Book in Relativity and Gravitation / / Alan P. Lightman, Saul A. Teukolsky, Richard H. Price, William H. Press.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
• VerfasserIn: Lightman, Alan P.,; Press, William H.,; Price, Richard H.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2017]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (616 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Notation --; Problems --; 1. Special-Relativistic Kinematics --; 2. Special-Relativistic Dynamics --; 3. Special-Relativistic Coordinate Transformations, Invariants and Tensors --; 4. Electromagnetism --; 5. Matter and Radiation --; 6. Metrics --; 7. Covariant Differentiation and Geodesic Curves --; 8. Differential Geometry: Further Concepts --; 9. Curvature --; 10. Killing Vectors and Symmetries --; 12. Gravitation Generally --; 13. Gravitational Field Equations and Linearized Theory --; 14. Physics in Curved Spacetime --; 15. The Schwarzschild Geometry --; 16. Spherical Symmetry and Relativistic Stellar Structure --; 17. Black Holes --; 18. Gravitational Radiation --; 19. Cosmology --; 20. Experimental Tests --; 21. Miscellaneous --; Solutions --; 1. Solutions --; 2. Solutions --; 3. Solutions --; 4. Solutions --; 5. Solutions --; 6. Solutions --; 7. Solutions --; 8. Solutions --; 9.Solutions --; 10. Solutions --; 11. Solutions --; 12. Solutions --; 13. Solutions --; 14. Solutions --; 15. Solutions --; 16. Solutions --; 17. Solutions --; 18. Solutions --; 19. Solutions --; 20. Solutions --; 21. Solutions --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781400889013; 9783110606591
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400889013?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Alan P. Lightman, Saul A. Teukolsky, Richard H. Price, William H. Press.

An essential resource for learning about general relativity and much more, from four leading expertsImportant and useful to every student of relativity, this book is a unique collection of some 475 problems--with solutions--in the fields of special and general relativity, gravitation, relativistic astrophysics, and cosmology. The problems are expressed in broad physical terms to enhance their pertinence to readers with diverse backgrounds. In their solutions, the authors have attempted to convey a mode of approach to these kinds of problems, revealing procedures that can reduce the labor of calculations while avoiding the pitfall of too much or too powerful formalism. Although well suited for individual use, the volume may also be used with one of the modem textbooks in general relativity.