Overview

This book contains lectures by leading scientists from internationally reputed centers of research and teaching. It is split into four parts covering numerics, computer algebra, visualization, and exotic smoothness on spacetime and provides an excellent introduction to scientific computing for students who wish to specialize in relativity, gravitation, and/or astrophysics.

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Author:   Friedrich W Hehl ,  Roland A. Puntigam ,  Hanns Ruder ,  H. Ruder (University of Tubingen, Germany)
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   1996 ed.
Weight:   0.805kg
ISBN:  

9783540603610

ISBN 10:   3540603611
Pages:   389
Publication Date:   06 March 1996
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

Color Plates.- I: Numerics.- 1. Numerical Relativity and Black-Hole Collisions.- 2. Four Lectures on Numerical Relativity.- 3. Alternatives to Finite Difference Methods in Numerical Relativity.- 4. Temporal and Spatial Foliations of Spacetimes.- 5. Rotating and Oscillating Neutron Stars.- 6. Rotating Boson Stars.- 7. Numerical Investigation of Cosmological Singularities.- II: Computer Algebra.- 8. Overview of Computer Algebra in Relativity.- 9. Two-Loop Quantum Gravity with the Computer Algebra Program FORM.- 10. The Mathematic Packages CARTAN and MathTensor for Tensor Analysis.- 11. A Quadratic Curvature Lagrangian of Paw?owski and Raczka: A Finger Exercise with MathTensor.- 12. The Program CRACK for Solving PDEs in General Relativity.- 13. Algebraic Programming in the Hamiltonian Version of General Relativity.- 14. Causal Structure and Integrability in Moving Frames with Reduce.- III: Visualization.- 15. Four Lectures on Computer Graphics and Dkta Visualization.- 16. Visualization in Curved Spacetimes. I. Visualization of Objects via Four-Dimensional Ray-Tracing.- 17. Visualization in Curved Spacetimes. II. Visualization of Surfaces via Embedding.- IV: Exotica.- 18. Exotic Smoothness on Spacetime.- List of Figures.- List of Tables.

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