A Primer in Tensor Analysis and Relativity (Paperback, 1st ed. 2019)

This undergraduate textbook provides a simple, concise introduction to tensor algebra and analysis, as well as special and general relativity. With a plethora of examples, explanations, and exercises, it forms a well-rounded didactic text that will be useful for any related course. The book is divided into three main parts, all based on lecture notes that have been refined for classroom teaching over the past two decades. Part I provides students with a comprehensive overview of tensors. Part II links the very introductory first part and the relatively advanced third part, demonstrating the important intermediate-level applications of tensor analysis. Part III contains an extended discussion of general relativity, and includes material useful for students interested primarily in quantum field theory and quantum gravity. Tailored to the undergraduate, this textbook offers explanations of technical material not easily found or detailed elsewhere, including an understandable description of Riemann normal coordinates and conformal transformations. Future theoretical and experimental physicists, as well as mathematicians, will thus find it a wonderful first read on the subject.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics
Release date:	September 2019
First published:	2019
Authors:	Ilya L. Shapiro
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	324
Edition:	1st ed. 2019
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-026894-7
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Optics (light) Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Applied mathematics > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Relativity physics > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Quantum physics (quantum mechanics) > General Promotions
LSN:	3-03-026894-2
Barcode:	9783030268947

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