Manifold joins and jump conditions in general relativity

This thesis has as its aim the analysis of a possible manifold structure on V, a join of two individual manifolds V⁺ and V⁻, and analysing the physics across the join, as implied by Einstein's theory of General Relativity. There are several reasons why one might want to study such a situation....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baston, Robert James
Other Authors: Ellis, George F R
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22232