Global Lorentzian Geometry

Global Lorentzian Geometry
Author: John K. Beem
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 660
Release: 2017-09-29
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1351444700

Bridging the gap between modern differential geometry and the mathematical physics of general relativity, this text, in its second edition, includes new and expanded material on topics such as the instability of both geodesic completeness and geodesic incompleteness for general space-times, geodesic connectibility, the generic condition, the sectional curvature function in a neighbourhood of degenerate two-plane, and proof of the Lorentzian Splitting Theorem.;Five or more copies may be ordered by college or university stores at a special student price, available on request.