Exact Solutions in Three-Dimensional Gravity (Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics)
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- Synopsis
- A self-contained text, systematically presenting the determination and classification of exact solutions in three-dimensional Einstein gravity. This book explores the theoretical framework and general physical and geometrical characteristics of each class of solutions, and includes information on the researchers responsible for their discovery. Beginning with the physical character of the solutions, these are identified and ordered on the basis of their geometrical invariant properties, symmetries, and algebraic classifications, or from the standpoint of their physical nature, for example electrodynamic fields, fluid, scalar field, or dilaton. Consequently, this text serves as a thorough catalogue on 2+1 exact solutions to the Einstein equations coupled to matter and fields, and on vacuum solutions of topologically massive gravity with a cosmological constant. The solutions are also examined from different perspectives, enabling a conceptual bridge between exact solutions of three- and four-dimensional gravities, and therefore providing graduates and researchers with an invaluable resource on this important topic in gravitational physics. The first book in the field of 2+1 gravity to examine solutions of physical interest. All the physical and mathematical concepts required are explained in the text, enabling readers to gain a complete understanding of the complexities of the field. Includes a complete review of vacuum solutions of topologically massive gravity with a cosmological constant, which shows the algebraic classification of space times at work.
- Copyright:
- 2017
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781108293051
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Date of Addition:
- 02/21/19
- Copyrighted By:
- Alberto A. García-Díaz
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Science, Mathematics and Statistics
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- Bookshare Staff
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- This is a copyrighted book.