Equations of motion in general relativity
Asada, H. (Hideki)
creator
Futamase, Toshifumi
1953-
Hogan, P. A. (Peter A.)
text
enk
Oxford
Oxford University Press
2011
monographic
eng
1 online resource.
Einstein's theory of general relativity describes the gravitational field of a system of stars and predicts their paths by providing the 'equations of motion' of each star. Extracting these equations from his field equations is a highly technical procedure described in this book.
specialized
by Hideki Asada, Toshifumi Futamase, Peter Hogan.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Stars
Proper motion
Stars
Orbits
General relativity (Physics)
Astronomy
Mathematics
QB811
523.83
International series of monographs on physics ; no. 148
9780191723421 (ebook) :
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199584109.001.0001
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199584109.001.0001
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20150804193929.0
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