TY - BOOK ID - 93582204 TI - Introduction to Relativistic Continuum Mechanics AU - Ferrarese, G AU - Bini, D AU - SpringerLink (Online service) PY - 2008 SN - 9783540731689 PB - Berlin Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg DB - UniCat KW - Differential geometry. Global analysis KW - Cosmology KW - Astrophysics KW - Mathematical physics KW - Theory of relativity. Unified field theory KW - Classical mechanics. Field theory KW - Fluid mechanics KW - Thermodynamics KW - thermodynamica KW - astrofysica KW - differentiaal geometrie KW - wiskunde KW - fysica KW - relativiteitstheorie KW - mechanica KW - kosmologie UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:93582204 AB - This mathematically-oriented introduction takes the point of view that students should become familiar, at an early stage, with the physics of relativistic continua and thermodynamics within the framework of special relativity. Therefore, in addition to standard textbook topics such as relativistic kinematics and vacuum electrodynamics, the reader will be thoroughly introduced to relativistic continuum and fluid mechanics. Emphasis in the presentation is on the 3+1 splitting technique, widely used in general relativity for introducing the relative observers point of view. ER -