Gron A?. Hervik S. Einstein's General Theory of Relativity.. with modern applications in cosmology (Springer, 2007)( 0387691995)(539s).pdf

Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity
Øyvind Grøn Si gbjørn Hervik
Einstein’s General Theory
of Relativity
With Modern Applications in Cosmology
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Øyvind Grøn Sigbjørn Hervik
Oslo University College Department of Mathematics & Statistics
Faculty of Engineering Dalhousie University
PO Box 4, St Olavs Pl. B3H 3J5 Halifax, NS
0130 Oslo Canada
Norway ******@
and
Institute of Physics
University of Oslo
PO Box 1048 Blindern
0136 Oslo
Norway

Library of Congress Control Number: 2007923152
ISBN-13: 978-0-387-69199-2 e-ISBN-13: 978-0-387-69200-5
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Contents
List of Problems ................................... xi
List of Examples ................................... xv
Preface .........................................xvii
Notation ......................................xix ..
I INTRODUCTION:
NEWTONIAN PHYSICS AND SPECIAL RELATIVITY ..... 1
1 Relativity Principles and Gravitation ................... 3
Newtonian mechanics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Galilei–Newton’s principle of Relativity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
The principle of Relativity . . . . .