Exact Solutions of Einstein's Field Equations
Author | : Hans Stephani |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 732 |
Release | : 2009-09-24 |
ISBN-10 | : 0521467020 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780521467025 |
Rating | : 4/5 (20 Downloads) |
Download or read book Exact Solutions of Einstein's Field Equations written by Hans Stephani and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-09-24 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A completely revised and updated edition of this classic text, covering important new methods and many recently discovered solutions. This edition contains new chapters on generation methods and their application, classification of metrics by invariants, and treatments of homothetic motions and methods from dynamical systems theory. It also includes colliding waves, inhomogeneous cosmological solutions, and spacetimes containing special subspaces.