Spacetime and geometry : the Alfred Schild lectures /
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Imprint: | Austin : University of Texas Press, 1982. |
| Description: | x, 189 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/526987 |
Table of 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 P. 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.
