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Introduction to general relativity and the cosmological constant problem

Print Book, English, ©2004
Nova Science Publishers, New York, ©2004
pages cm
9781594547171, 1594547173
226212049
Preface and introduction; Part I
Mathematical preliminaries: Chapter 1. Tensors in amorphous spaces; Chapter 2. Tensors in Riemann spaces; Part II
Introduction to general relativity: Chapter 3. Basic theory; Chapter 4. Scharzschild's metric and classical experimental tests; Chapter 5. Complements of tensor calculus and general relativity; Part III
Introduction to relativistic cosmology: Chapter 6. Digression into philosophical and mathematical matters; Chapter 7. Robertson-Walker's metric; Part IV
The energy of the vacuum (the-problem): Chapter 8. The-problem and its solution; Chapter 9. Energy of the universe and the-problem; Chapter 10. Miscellaneous cosmological models; Part V
Concluding remarks: Index
Includes index