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This book is written in a pedagogical style intelligible for graduate students. It reviews recent progress in black-hole and wormhole theory and in mathematical cosmology within the framework of Einstein's field equations and beyond, including quantum effects. This collection of essays, written by leading scientists of long standing reputation, should become an indispensable source for future research.

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Author:   Spiros Cotsakis ,  Gary W. Gibbons
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2000
Volume:   537
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9783642086137

ISBN 10:   3642086136
Pages:   254
Publication Date:   08 December 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Global Wave Maps on Curved Space Times.- Einstein’s Equations and Equivalent Hyperbolic Dynamical Systems.- Generalized Bowen-York Initial Data.- The Reduced Hamiltonian of General Relativity and the ?-Constant of Conformal Geometry.- Anti-de-Sitter Spacetime and Its Uses.- Black Holes and Wormholes in 2+1 Dimensions.- Open Inflation.- Generating Cosmological Solutions from Known Solutions.- Multidimensional Cosmological and Spherically Symmetric Solutions with Intersecting p-Branes.- Open Issues.

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