Introduction to General Relativity

Author: Yu Yunqiang
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: This book is an introductory text for learning general relativity. It concisely presents the fundamental theories of general relativity and focuses on introducing recent developments in the field. The book is divided into eight chapters, covering topics such as tensor analysis in affine spaces, Riemannian geometry, the theory of relativistic gravity, the theory of observations, spherically symmetric gravitational fields, the motion of particles in spherically symmetric fields, black holes, and cosmology. This book can serve as a textbook for senior undergraduate and graduate students in physics and astronomy departments of various universities, as well as a reference for readers interested in general relativity and researchers in related fields.