Tensor calculus, relativity, and cosmology : a first course /: a first course. (2005)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Tensors, relativity and cosmology
• Further Information: Note: M. Dalarsson and N. Dalarsson.
• Other Names: Dalarsson, M (Mirjana); Dalarsson, N (Nils)
• Contents: Tensor algebra : notation and systems of numbers -- Vector spaces -- Definitions of tensors -- Relative tensors -- The metric tensor -- Tensors as linear operators -- Tensor analysis : tensor derivatives -- Christoffel symbols -- Differential operators -- Geodesic lines -- The curvature tensor -- Special theory of relativity : relativistic kinematics -- Relativistic dynamics -- Electromagnetic fields -- Electromagnetic field equations -- General theory of relativity : gravitational fields -- Gravitational field equations -- Solutions of field equations -- Applications of the Schwarzschild metric -- Elements of cosmology : The Robertson-Walker metric -- Cosmic dynamics -- Nonstatic models of the universe -- Quantum cosmology.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Academic Press
• Publication Date: 2005
• Extent: 1 online resource (320 pages)
• Subjects: 512/.57; Tensor algebra; Relativity (Physics); Cosmology; Cosmology; Relativity (Physics); Tensor algebra
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780080575438; 0080575439
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