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This book is an elementary introduction to the geometrical methods and notions used in special and general relativity. Particular emphasis is placed on the ideas concerned with the structure of spacetime and those which play a role in the Penrose–Hawking singularity theorems.

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"...fills a need to introduce the singularity theorems, their concepts and techniques to seniors or beginning graduate students." Physics in Canada

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Preface; 1. The geometry of Minkowski spacetime; 2. Some concepts from relativistic mechanics; 3. More general spacetimes: gravity; 4. The proof of Hawking's theorem; References; Index.

LMSST 11 Spacetime Singularities An Introduction London Mathematical Society Student Texts Series Number 11

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      Publisher Cambridge University Press
      Published 3 February 1989
      ISBN-13 9780521336123
      978-0521336123
      ISBN-10 0521336120
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      Differential and Riemannian geometry

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book is an elementary introduction to the geometrical methods and notions used in special and general relativity. Particular emphasis is placed on the ideas concerned with the structure of spacetime and those which play a role in the Penrose–Hawking singularity theorems.

      Trade Review
      "...fills a need to introduce the singularity theorems, their concepts and techniques to seniors or beginning graduate students." Physics in Canada

      Table of Contents
      Preface; 1. The geometry of Minkowski spacetime; 2. Some concepts from relativistic mechanics; 3. More general spacetimes: gravity; 4. The proof of Hawking's theorem; References; Index.

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