• General relativity, also known as the general theory of relativity and Einstein's theory of gravity, is the geometric theory of gravitation published by...
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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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  • Tests of general relativity serve to establish observational evidence for the theory of general relativity. The first three tests, proposed by Albert...
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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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  • General relativity is a theory of gravitation that was developed by Albert Einstein between 1907 and 1915, with contributions by many others after 1915...
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  • of special relativity the Maxwell equations have the same form in all inertial frames of reference. In the framework of general relativity the Maxwell...
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  • When studying and formulating Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity, various mathematical structures and techniques are utilized. The main tools...
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  • to general relativity are physical theories that attempt to describe the phenomenon of gravitation in competition with Einstein's theory of general relativity...
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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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  • 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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  • relativity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Relativity may refer to: Galilean relativity, Galileo's conception of relativity Numerical relativity,...
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  • concept of mass in general relativity (GR) is more subtle to define than the concept of mass in special relativity. In fact, general relativity does not offer...
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    Albert 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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  • General Relativity is a graduate textbook and reference on Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity written by the gravitational physicist Robert...
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    sources of the gravitational field in the Einstein field equations of general relativity, just as mass density is the source of such a field in Newtonian gravity...
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  • 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...
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    as the Big Crunch. In 1986, Abhay Ashtekar reformulated Einstein's general relativity in a language closer to that of the rest of fundamental physics, specifically...
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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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  • In general relativity, a vacuum solution is a Lorentzian manifold whose Einstein tensor vanishes identically. According to the Einstein field equation...
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    get farther away. Gravity is most accurately described by the general theory of relativity, proposed by Albert Einstein in 1915, which describes gravity...
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  • The following is a timeline of gravitational physics and general relativity. 3rd century B.C. – Aristarchus of Samos proposes the heliocentric model. 1543...
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  • Criticism of the theory of relativity of Albert Einstein was mainly expressed in the early years after its publication in the early twentieth century,...
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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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    electromagnetic interaction. Quantum electrodynamics is, along with general relativity, one of the most accurate physical theories ever devised. The full...
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    Black hole (category Theory of relativity)
    capable of possessing enough energy to escape it. Einstein's theory of general relativity predicts that a sufficiently compact mass can deform spacetime to...
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  • gravitational waves in the general theory of relativity is equal to the speed of light in a vacuum, c. Within the theory of special relativity, the constant c is...
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    Albert Einstein (category American relativity theorists)
    influential scientists of all time. Best known for developing the theory of relativity, Einstein also made important contributions to quantum mechanics, and...
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  • 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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    stepping stone from special to general relativity" (PDF). Am. J. Phys., Vol. 74, No. 1. pp. 22–25. Ashby, Neil Relativity and GPS. Physics Today, May 2002...
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    phenomenon and is well understood within the framework of special relativity and general relativity. However, making one body advance or delay more than a few...
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