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Relativity and Scientific Computing

Computer Algebra, Numerics, Visualization

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  • © 1996

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Editors:
  1. Friedrich W. Hehl

    1. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität zu Köln, Köln, Germany

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  2. Roland A. Puntigam

    1. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität zu Köln, Köln, Germany

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  3. Hanns Ruder

    1. Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik, Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIX
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  2. Color Plates

    1. Color Plates

      • Werner Benger
      Pages 1-22

  3. Numerics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23
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    2. Numerical Relativity and Black-Hole Collisions

      • Edward Seidel
      Pages 25-68

    3. Four Lectures on Numerical Relativity

      • Carles Bona
      Pages 69-87

    4. Alternatives to Finite Difference Methods in Numerical Relativity

      • Pablo Laguna
      Pages 88-110

    5. Temporal and Spatial Foliations of Spacetimes

      • Heinz Herold
      Pages 111-121

    6. Rotating and Oscillating Neutron Stars

      • Heinz Herold
      Pages 122-137

    7. Rotating Boson Stars

      • Franz E. Schunck, Eckehard W. Mielke
      Pages 138-151

    8. Numerical Investigation of Cosmological Singularities

      • Beverly K. Berger
      Pages 152-169

  5. Visualization

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 285-285
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    2. Four Lectures on Computer Graphics and Data Visualization

      • G. David Kerlick
      Pages 287-313
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For this set of lectures we assumed that the reader has a reasonable back­ ground in physics and some knowledge of general relativity, the modern theory of gravity in macrophysics, and cosmology. Computer methods are present­ ed by leading experts in the three main domains: in numerics, in computer algebra, and in visualization. The idea was that each of these subdisciplines is introduced by an extended set of main lectures and that each is conceived as being of comparable 'importance. Therefpre we believe that the book represents a good introduction into scientific I computing for any student who wants to specialize in relativity, gravitation, and/or astrophysics. We took great care to select lecturers who teach in a comprehensible way and who are, at the same time, at the research front of their respective field. In numerics we had the privilege of having a lecturer from the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA, Champaign, IL, USA) and some from other leading institutions of the world; visualization was taught by a visualization expert from Boeing; and in com­ puter algebra we took recourse to practitioners of different computer algebra systems as applied to classical general relativity up to quantum gravity and differential geometry.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität zu Köln, Köln, Germany

    Friedrich W. Hehl, Roland A. Puntigam

  • Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik, Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

    Hanns Ruder

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