A Student's Manual for A First Course in General Relativity, Third Edition

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Häftad, Engelska, 2026

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This comprehensive and up-to-date manual accompanies the third edition of Bernard Schutz's A First Course in General Relativity. It offers step-by-step guidance through more than 200 selected exercises, providing detailed solutions and explanatory comments which are cross-referenced to the relevant equations and sections in Schutz's text. The material is further extended by the inclusion of 168 supplementary problems that highlight conceptual challenges and direct readers to the most useful supporting literature. A comprehensive index with bolded keywords allows for quick navigation, while an appendix of useful results makes the book a lasting reference for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, instructors, and self-directed learners seeking a deeper understanding of the subject. A Mathematica notebook and tables of exercises and supplementary problems are freely available as online resources, with instructors benefiting from access to solutions to selected exercises and problems.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-08-31
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor430
Upplaga2
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9781009177269

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Robert B. Scott teaches in the physics department at the Université de Bretagne Occidentale, where he specialises in general relativity, special relativity, and cosmology. He previously held postdoctoral research positions at University College London and Princeton University before becoming a research scientist at the University of Texas at Austin. His research includes geophysical fluid dynamics, ocean turbulence, the visualization of curved spacetimes, and biophysics.

Preface to the second edition; Preface to the first edition; 1.Special relativity; 2. Vector analysis in special relativity; 3. Tensor analysis in special relativity; 4. Perfect fluids in special relativity; 5. Preface to curvature; 6. Curved Manifolds; 7. Physics in curved spacetime; 8. The Einstein field equations; 9. Fundamentals of gravitational radiation; 10. Spherical solutions for stars; 11. Schwarzschild geometry and black holes; 12. Gravitational wave astronomy; 13. Cosmology; Appendix A. Acronyms and definitions; Appendix B. Useful results; References; Index.

'Robert B. Scott has done a great service to students and instructors alike by compiling this superb Student's Manual to Bernard Schutz's A First Course in General Relativity, a classic introductory textbook on general relativity. Not only does Scott present exquisitely detailed solutions to Schutz's exercises, he also proposes a large number of his own problems to further test the student's understanding. The student will benefit greatly from this resource, and will be eased into the subject by Scott's excellent advice.' Eric Poisson, University of Guelph, Ontario