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Theory of relativity / Fayyazuddin, Riazuddin and Muhammad Jamil Aslam.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Singapore : World Scientific, 2015.Description: xii, 213 p. : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9789814641890
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 530.11 23 F286
Contents:
1. Galilean transformations -- 2. Lorentz transformations -- 3. Relativistic mechanics -- 4. Lorentz transformations (general case) -- 5. Four velocity: Minkowski force -- 6. Covariant form of electrodynamics -- 7. Spin -- 8. Space time groups and their representations -- 9. Tensor analysis, tensor densities, affine connection -- 10. Geodesic, equivalence principle, gravitational red shift -- 11. Curvature tensor and Einstein's field equations -- 12. The Schwarzschild metric: the Friedmann Robertson and Walker (FRW) metric.
Summary: This volume is to facilitate undergraduate and graduate students in theory of relativity and help them in their studies of High Energy Physics and Cosmology.
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Books ISI Library, Kolkata 530.11 F286 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 137351
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Galilean transformations --
2. Lorentz transformations --
3. Relativistic mechanics --
4. Lorentz transformations (general case) --
5. Four velocity: Minkowski force --
6. Covariant form of electrodynamics --
7. Spin --
8. Space time groups and their representations --
9. Tensor analysis, tensor densities, affine connection --
10. Geodesic, equivalence principle, gravitational red shift --
11. Curvature tensor and Einstein's field equations --
12. The Schwarzschild metric: the Friedmann Robertson and Walker (FRW) metric.

This volume is to facilitate undergraduate and graduate students in theory of relativity and help them in their studies of High Energy Physics and Cosmology.

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