Spacetime and geometry : the Alfred Schild lectures / edited by Richard A. Matzner and L.C. Shepley.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Schild, Alfred, 1921-
• Shepley, Lawrence C., 1939-
• Matzner, Richard A. (Richard Alfred), 1942-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• General relativity (Physics).
• Gravitation.
• Space and time.
• Geometry.

Physical Description:

x, 189 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 1982.

Contents:

• Why is the universe so symmetrical? / Dennis Sciama
• Null congruences and Plebanski-Schild spaces / Ivor Robinson
• Linearization stability / Dieter Brill
• Nonlinear model field theories based on harmonic mappings / Charles W. Misner
• Gravitational fields in general relativity / Roy F. Kerr
• On the potential barriers surrounding the Schwarzschild black hole / Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
• The initial value problem and beyond / James W. York, Jr. and Tsvi Piran.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0292775679

OCLC:

7741376