Introduces advanced undergraduates to Riemannian geometry and mathematical general relativity. The overall strategy of the book is to explain the concept of curvature via the Jacobi equation which, through discussion of tidal forces, further helps m...Daugiau...
Introduces advanced undergraduates to Riemannian geometry and mathematical general relativity. The overall strategy of the book is to explain the concept of curvature via the Jacobi equation which, through discussion of tidal forces, further helps m...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 30-Apr-2017, Hardback, Leidėjas: American Mathematical Society, ISBN-13: 9781470434830)
Cooke has two goals for the book. His pedagogical purpose is to present some highlights of the special and general theories of relativity with full mathematical details in a form accessible to advanced undergraduate mathematics, science, and engi...Daugiau...