Shock Wave Interactions in General Relativity: A Locally Inertial Glimm Scheme for Spherically Symmetric Spacetimes

By Joel Smoller, Jeffrey Groah, Blake Temple

This monograph covers the initial value problem for Einstein's gravitational field equations with fluid sources and shock wave initial data. It will appeal to researchers and graduate students in mathematics and physics.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 038735073X
• ISBN13: 9780387350738
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.3"