SYMMETRIES AND CURVATURE STRUCTURE IN GENERAL RELATIVITY

by G.S. Hall

Hall (U. of Aberdeen) compiles the theoretical aspects of the literature on symmetries in general relativity that have been produced over the past few decades. He is not offering a textbook, he warns, but a study of certain aspects of four-dimensional Lorentzian differential geometry emphasizing the special requirements of Einstein's general theory of relativity. His main goal is to present a mathematical approach to symmetries and to the related topic of the connection and curvature structure of space-time, without paying much attention to attendant problems that worry mathematicians more than physicists. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

440 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 2004