Space-Time Structure - Brossura

Schrodinger

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0521315204 ISBN 13: 9780521315203

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Riassunto

In response to repeated requests this classic book on space-time structure by Professor Erwin Schrödinger is now available in the Cambridge Science Classics series. First published in 1950, and reprinted in 1954 and 1960, this lucid and profound exposition of Einstein's 1915 theory of gravitation still provides valuable reading for students and research workers in the field.

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Descrizione del libro

In response to repeated requests this classic book on space-time structure by Professor Erwin Schrödinger is now available in the Cambridge Science Classics series. This lucid and profound exposition of Einstein's 1915 theory of gravitation still provides valuable reading for students and research workers in the field.

Contenuti

Introduction; Part I. The Unconnected Manifold: 1. Invariance; 2. Integrals; Part II. Affinely Connected Manifold: 3. Invariant derivatives; 4. Some relations between ordinary and invariant derivatives; 5. The notion of parallel transfer; 6. The curvature tensor; 7. The geodesics of an affine connexion; 8. The general geometrical hypothesis about gravitation; Part III. Metrically Connected Manifold: 9. Metrical affinities; 10. The meaning of the metric according to the special theory of relativity; 11. Conservation laws and variational principles; 12. Generalizations of Einstein's theory.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521315204
• ISBN 13: 9780521315203
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 128