3+1 Formalism in General Relativity Bases of Numerical Relativity |
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| Author:
| Gourgoulhon, Éric |
| Series title: | Lecture Notes in Physics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-3-642-24525-1 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2012 |
| Publisher: | Springer
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $59.95 |
Book Description:
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This book opens by setting the mathematical background (differential geometry, hypersurfaces embedded in spacetime, foliation of spacetime by a family of space-like hypersurfaces), and then turns to the 3+1 decomposition of the Einstein equations.
This book opens by setting the mathematical background (differential geometry, hypersurfaces embedded in spacetime, foliation of spacetime by a family of space-like hypersurfaces), and then turns to the 3+1 decomposition of the Einstein equations.