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Fundamental Principles of General Relativity Theories -

Fundamental Principles of General Relativity Theories

Local and Global Aspects of Gravitation and Cosmology

H. Treder (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover
216 Seiten
2013
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4757-0850-9 (ISBN)
CHF 74,85 inkl. MwSt
The present monograph is not a self-contained introductory text. Instead it presupposes to a large extent that the reader is not only thoroughly familiar with the special theory of relativity, but that he or she has studied the standard aspects of the general theory, as weIl. Starting from local and global formulations of the principlcs of inertia and relativity, we discuss the microscopic ancl telcscopic aspects of gravitation. Our central goal has been to demonstrate that the foundations of gravitational theory laid by Newton and Einstein imply questions on thc relation betwecn the micro- and macrocosm. The discussions surrounding these physical points can be rather weH understood without an elaborate mathcmatical formalism. All the same, we have attempted to make the main theme of our presentation accessible also to readers outside the circle of pundits by including two appendixes of a largely instructional nature. Appendix A gives a brief review of the basic concepts of four-dimensional spaces, for the convenience of readers who need 9 Preface such a recapitulation, while Appendix B deals with the more exotic notions of tetrad theory, which admittedly stands in wider need of elucidation. Both appendixes are meant in any event to serve the useful purpose of establishing our notation and collecting formulas for easy reference in the main body of the book. The general reader may accordingly find it helpful first to peruse one or both of the appendixes before turning to the Introduction and Chapter 1. H. -j.

1. Local Principles and the Theory of Gravitation.- 2. Intermezzo: The Einstein Effects.- 3. Global Principles and the Theory of Gravitation.- Appendix A. Formalism of Four-Dimensional Spaces.- A.1. Differentiable Manifolds.- A.2. Metric Space.- A.3. Contravariance and Covariance.- A.4. The Affine Connection.- A.5. Integrability, Torsion, and Curvature.- A.6. Transition from Covariance to Contravariance, and Conversely, in Metric Space.- A.8. Absolute Differential and Covariant Differentiation.- A.9. Parallel Displacement or Transport.- A.10. Symmetry and Other Properties of Torsion and Various Curvatures.- A.11. Classification of Metric Types.- A.11.1. Classification from the Integrability Point of View.- A.11.2. Classification from the Affine Connection.- Appendix B. General Relativity Principle and General Lorentz Covariance.- B.1. Lorentz-Covariant Derivatives.- B.2. Spinor Calculus.- References.- Author Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 13.2.2013
Zusatzinfo 216 p.
Verlagsort New York, NY
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Allgemeines / Lexika
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Theoretische Physik
ISBN-10 1-4757-0850-5 / 1475708505
ISBN-13 978-1-4757-0850-9 / 9781475708509
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