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2 - General Relativity Theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2021

Mattias Blennow  and
Tommy Ohlsson
Mattias Blennow
Affiliation:
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
Tommy Ohlsson
Affiliation:
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
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Chapter 2 contains the problem statements of the 150 problems in general relativity theory. The chapter is divided into 12 sections with problems organized by different topics defined by the keywords in the section headings.

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general relativitydifferential geometrytensorsEinstein’s equationsmetricsgeodesic equationsweak field approximationfrequency shiftsgravitational wavescosmology
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300 Problems in Special and General Relativity
With Complete Solutions
 , pp. 43 - 76
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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  • General Relativity Theory
  • Mattias Blennow, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Tommy Ohlsson, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
  • Book: 300 Problems in Special and General Relativity
  • Online publication: 02 December 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009039345.004
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  • General Relativity Theory
  • Mattias Blennow, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Tommy Ohlsson, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
  • Book: 300 Problems in Special and General Relativity
  • Online publication: 02 December 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009039345.004
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  • General Relativity Theory
  • Mattias Blennow, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Tommy Ohlsson, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
  • Book: 300 Problems in Special and General Relativity
  • Online publication: 02 December 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009039345.004
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