The mathematical theory of black holes
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The mathematical theory of black holes
（Oxford classic texts in the physical sciences）
Oxford University Press, 1998, c1992
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Originally published: Oxford: Clarendon, 1983, First published in paperback 1992, Published in the Oxford classic texts series, 1998
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Part of the reissued Oxford Classic Texts in the Physical Sciences series, this book was first published in 1983, and has swiftly become one of the great modern classics of relativity theory. It represents a personal testament to the work of the author, who spent several years writing and working-out the entire subject matter.
The theory of black holes is the most simple and beautiful consequence of Einstein's relativity theory. At the time of writing there was no physical evidence for the existence of these objects, therefore all that Professor Chandrasekhar used for their construction were modern mathematical concepts of space and time. Since that time a growing body of evidence has pointed to the truth of Professor Chandrasekhar's findings, and the wisdom contained in this book has become fully evident.
Table of Contents
- 1. Mathematical preliminaries
- 2. A space-time of sufficient generality
- 3. The Schwarzchild space-time
- 4. The perturbations of the Schwarzchild black hole
- 5. The Reissner-Nordstrom solution
- 6. The Kerr metric
- 7. The geodesics in the Kerr space-time
- 8. Electromagnetic waves in Kerr geometry
- 9. The gravitational perturbations of the Kerr black hole
- 10. Spin-1/2 particles in Kerr geometry
- 11. Other solutions
- 12. Other methods
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