• Numerical relativity is one of the branches of general relativity that uses numerical methods and algorithms to solve and analyze problems. To this end...
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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...
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  • (Aichelburg–Sexl ultraboost, generalized symmetries), Miguel Alcubierre (numerical relativity, Alcubierre drives), Richard L. Arnowitt (ADM formalism), Abhay Ashtekar...
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  • The theory of relativity usually encompasses two interrelated physics theories by Albert Einstein: special relativity and general relativity, proposed and...
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    General relativity is a theory of gravitation developed by Albert Einstein between 1907 and 1915. The theory of general relativity says that the observed...
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    University, receiving his PhD degree in 1994 through study of numerical general relativity. After 1996 he worked at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational...
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  • relativity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Relativity may refer to: Galilean relativity, Galileo's conception of relativity Numerical relativity,...
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    Charles W. Misner (category American relativity theorists)
    included general relativity and cosmology. His work has also provided early foundations for studies of quantum gravity and numerical relativity. Misner received...
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  • In physics, the principle of relativity is the requirement that the equations describing the laws of physics have the same form in all admissible frames...
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  • Galilean invariance or Galilean relativity states that the laws of motion are the same in all inertial frames of reference. Galileo Galilei first described...
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    ADM formalism (category Mathematical methods in general relativity)
    Hamiltonian formulation of general relativity that plays an important role in canonical quantum gravity and numerical relativity. It was first published in 1959...
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  • and the precise numerical quantities obtained only depend on the coordinate system used. This suggested a way of formulating relativity using 'invariant...
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    based on Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity, which incorporates his theory of special relativity and deeply modifies the understanding of concepts...
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    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...
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    In physics, the relativity of simultaneity is the concept that distant simultaneity – whether two spatially separated events occur at the same time – is...
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    Saul Teukolsky (category American relativity theorists)
    of numerical relativity: the subject that deals with equations involving general relativity using supercomputers. He is a coauthor of the Numerical Recipes...
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    fires. Numerical relativity is a (relatively) new field interested in finding numerical solutions to the field equations of both special relativity and general...
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  • Einstein field equations (category General relativity)
    relativity General relativity resources History of general relativity Hamilton–Jacobi–Einstein equation Mathematics of general relativity Numerical relativity...
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  • Textbooks on the theory of relativity have been published by several notable physicists and mathematicians: The primary sources section of the latter article...
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  • physicist, working mostly in the field of general relativity and cosmology, including numerical relativity, kinetic theory, black hole physics, and gravitational...
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  • field equations. This line of research led to the development of numerical relativity. The relative state formulation, better known today as the many-worlds...
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  • The word "mass" has two meanings in special relativity: invariant mass (also called rest mass) is an invariant quantity which is the same for all observers...
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    Einstein's discovery of the gravitational field equations of general relativity and David Hilbert's almost simultaneous derivation of the theory using...
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    identical times. The extended form by Albert Einstein requires special relativity to also hold in free fall and requires the weak equivalence to be valid...
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    Albert Einstein presented the theories of special relativity and general relativity in publications that either contained no formal references to previous...
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  • In general relativity, a geodesic generalizes the notion of a "straight line" to curved spacetime. Importantly, the world line of a particle free from...
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  • solving the full equations of general relativity. This can be done in numerical relativity simulations. Numerical relativity models space-time and simulates...
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  • Einstein derived the theory of special relativity in 1905, from principles now called the postulates of special relativity. Einstein's formulation is said[by...
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  • The two-body problem in general relativity (or relativistic two-body problem) is the determination of the motion and gravitational field of two bodies...
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    Bryce DeWitt (category American relativity theorists)
    mechanics. With his student Larry Smarr, he originated the field of numerical relativity.: 25–35, 37  Bryce DeWitt, Dynamical theory of groups and fields...
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