Estb. 1882

University of the Punjab
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General Relativity & Gravitation

The Gravitational Field Equation. The Linear Approximation For Weak Fields. Equivalence Systems of Coordinates. Systems With Spherical Symmetry. Static Systems With Spherical Symmetry. Schwarzchild’s Colutions. Variational Principle for Gravitational Fields. The Laws of Conservation of energy and momentum. The gravitational mass. Total energy and momentum. Hypersurfaces, Foliation of Spacetime using jn-Hypersurfaces and K-Surfaces. Isometric Embedding. Path of the Photons.
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