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These reports, at the forefront of relativity theory when they were written, in particular the geometrical aspects of spacetime theory, were the result of the Alfred Schild Memorial Lecture Series presented at the University of Texas at Austin beginning in 1977.

Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. Why Is the Universe So Symmetrical? (Dennis Sciama)
  • 2. Null Congruences and Plebanski-Schild Spaces (Ivor Robinson)
  • 3. Linearization Stability (Dieter Brill)
  • 4. Nonlinear Model Field Theories Based on Harmonic Mappings (Charles W. Misner)
  • 5. Gravitational Fields in General Relativity (Roy P. Kerr)
  • 6. On the Potential Barriers Surrounding the Schwarzschild Black Hole
  • (Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar)
  • 7. The Initial Value Problem and Beyond (James W. York, Jr., and Tsvi Piran)
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Index to Works Cited
  • Index of Topics

Spacetime And Geometry

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      Publisher University of Texas Press
      Published 1 May 1982
      ISBN-13 9780292741386
      978-0292741386
      ISBN-10 0292741383

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      These reports, at the forefront of relativity theory when they were written, in particular the geometrical aspects of spacetime theory, were the result of the Alfred Schild Memorial Lecture Series presented at the University of Texas at Austin beginning in 1977.

      Table of Contents
      • Preface
      • 1. Why Is the Universe So Symmetrical? (Dennis Sciama)
      • 2. Null Congruences and Plebanski-Schild Spaces (Ivor Robinson)
      • 3. Linearization Stability (Dieter Brill)
      • 4. Nonlinear Model Field Theories Based on Harmonic Mappings (Charles W. Misner)
      • 5. Gravitational Fields in General Relativity (Roy P. Kerr)
      • 6. On the Potential Barriers Surrounding the Schwarzschild Black Hole
      • (Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar)
      • 7. The Initial Value Problem and Beyond (James W. York, Jr., and Tsvi Piran)
      • Notes on Contributors
      • Index to Works Cited
      • Index of Topics

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