Overview
- A textbook for graduate-level courses on general relativity
- Includes both essential and optional reading sections to meet the needs of readers at various levels
- Uses pedagogic features including numerous exercises, examples, and illustrations to elaborate on difficult concepts
Part of the book series: Graduate Texts in Physics (GTP)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book, the first in a three-volume set, explains general relativity using the mathematical tool of differential geometry. The book consists of ten chapters, the first five of which introduce differential geometry, which is widely applicable even outside the field of relativity. Chapter 6 analyzes special relativity using geometric language. In turn, the last four chapters introduce readers to the fundamentals of general relativity. Intended for beginners, this volume includes numerous exercises and worked-out example in each chapter to facilitate the learning experience. Chiefly written for graduate-level courses, the book’s content will also benefit upper-level undergraduate students, and can be used as a reference guide for practicing theoretical physicists.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Canbin Liang (1938-2022) was a professor at Beijing Normal University, China. His main research area was general relativity. He received “The First National Outstanding Teaching Achievement Award” in 1989 and his book Electromagnetism was honored with the “Excellent Textbook Award” in 1988. He has published more than 50 research articles and 7 monographs.
Bin Zhou is an associate professor at Beijing Normal University, China. His research mainly focuses on general relativity and mathematical physics. He has published 27 research articles.
Weizhen Jia, the English translator of the book, is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. He conducts research in the field of high energy physics.Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Differential Geometry and General Relativity
Book Subtitle: Volume 1
Authors: Canbin Liang, Bin Zhou
Translated by: Weizhen Jia, Bin Zhou
Series Title: Graduate Texts in Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-0022-0
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Science Press 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-99-0021-3Published: 29 August 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-99-0024-4Due: 29 September 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-981-99-0022-0Published: 28 August 2023
Series ISSN: 1868-4513
Series E-ISSN: 1868-4521
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXX, 546
Number of Illustrations: 177 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory, Differential Geometry, Mathematical Methods in Physics, Cosmology