Lectures on General Relativity Theory |
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ABCD acceleration approximation bivector Cabcd Cauchy problem center of mass Christoffel symbols clock components connecting vector constant coordinate system corresponding curvature tensor curve derivatives determine discontinuity dr² dt² electromagnetic equations of motion Exercise F mn Fermi coordinates Fermi propagation Figure frequency given by Eq gravitational field gravitational field equations hypersurface inertial frame integral invariant isolated system Lie differential light signals Lorentz transformation Maxwell's equations metric tensor Minkowski space-time mn mn Newtonian null cone null geodesics null hypersurface null vector obtain orthogonal photon physical principal null direction principle of equivalence Rabcd rectangular Cartesian relativistic Riemann tensor satisfies Schwarzschild metric Schwarzschild sphere Show sin²e skew symmetric solution space special relativity theory spherically symmetric spinors static stress energy tensor suffixes test particle tetrad vacuum world line αβ μν