The mathematics of general relativity is complicated. In Newton's theories of motion, an object's length and the rate at which time passes remain constant...

General relativity is a theory of gravitation developed by Albert Einstein between 1907 and 1915. The theory of general relativity says that the observed...

theory of general relativity, various mathematical structures and techniques are utilized. The main tools used in this geometrical theory of gravitation...

In general relativity, the metric tensor (in this context often abbreviated to simply the metric) is the fundamental object of study. The metric captures...

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General relativity, also known as the general theory of relativity, and as Einstein's theory of gravity, is the geometric theory of gravitation published...

Tests of general relativity serve to establish observational evidence for the theory of general relativity. The first three tests, proposed by Albert...

in the framework of special relativity, the Maxwell equations have the same form in all inertial frames of reference. In the framework of general relativity...

central mathematical tool in the theory of general relativity, the modern theory of gravity. The curvature of spacetime is in principle observable via the geodesic...

list of persons who have made major contributions to the (mainstream) development of general relativity, as acknowledged by standard texts on the subject...

In physics, the special theory of relativity, or special relativity for short, is a scientific theory of the relationship between space and time. In Albert...

In general relativity, a geodesic generalizes the notion of a "straight line" to curved spacetime. Importantly, the world line of a particle free from...

General Relativity is a graduate textbook and reference on Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity written by the gravitational physicist Robert...

theories of special relativity and general relativity and is the most common mathematical structure by which special relativity is formalized. While the individual...

is ≥ π then the average scalar curvature is at most n(n-1). Shape of the universe Introduction to the mathematics of general relativity Normal coordinates...

mechanics List of books on general relativity Actually this is true about most of branches in electrical engineering, not all of them. See list of textbooks...

waves. The metric is named for Israeli physicist Asher Peres, who first defined it in 1959. Introduction to the mathematics of general relativity Stress–energy...

treatment of infinity. It is an extension (suitable for the curved spacetimes of e.g. general relativity) of the Minkowski diagram of special relativity where...

(1922) The Principle of Relativity with applications to Physical Science Eddington, Arthur Stanley (1923). The Mathematical Theory of Relativity. Cambridge...

In general relativity, a congruence (more properly, a congruence of curves) is the set of integral curves of a (nowhere vanishing) vector field in a four-dimensional...

Numerical relativity is one of the branches of general relativity that uses numerical methods and algorithms to solve and analyze problems. To this end...

Einstein's discovery of the gravitational field equations of general relativity and David Hilbert's almost simultaneous derivation of the theory using an elegant...

known as Minkowski space. This interpretation proved vital to the general theory of relativity, wherein spacetime is curved by mass and energy. Non-relativistic...

In physics, the relativity of simultaneity is the concept that distant simultaneity – whether two spatially separated events occur at the same time –...

gravity. Trying to find a complete and precise definition of singularities in the theory of general relativity, the current best theory of gravity, remains...

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H. Perkins (1982) Introduction to High-Energy Physics. Addison-Wesley: 92. Robert M. Wald (1984) General Relativity. University of Chicago Press: 260...

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Relativity: The Special and the General Theory (German: Über die spezielle und die allgemeine Relativitätstheorie) is a popular science book by Albert...

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