The significance of curvature in general relativity

DOI10.1007/BF00762342zbMath0577.53020OpenAlexW2083525878WikidataQ59487281 ScholiaQ59487281MaRDI QIDQ1065400

Graham S. Hall

Publication date: 1984

Published in: General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00762342

zbMATH Keywords

curvatureEinstein's equationsenergy-momentum tensorgeneral relativity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-02) Applications of local differential geometry to the sciences (53B50) Local differential geometry of Lorentz metrics, indefinite metrics (53B30)

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