| General relativity |
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| Introduction Mathematical formulation Resources · Tests |
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Fundamental concepts
Special relativity Equivalence principle World line · Riemannian geometry |
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Phenomena
Kepler problem · Lenses · Waves Frame-dragging · Geodetic effect Event horizon · Singularity Black hole |
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Equations
Linearized gravity Post-Newtonian formalism Einstein field equations Geodesic equation Friedmann equations ADM formalism BSSN formalism Hamilton–Jacobi–Einstein equation |
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Advanced theories
Kaluza–Klein Quantum gravity |
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Solutions
Schwarzschild Reissner–Nordström · Gödel Kerr · Kerr–Newman Kasner · Taub-NUT · Milne · Robertson–Walker pp-wave · van Stockum dust |
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Scientists
Einstein · Lorentz · Hilbert · Poincare · Schwarzschild · Sitter · Reissner · Nordström · Weyl · Eddington · Friedman · Milne · Zwicky · Lemaître · Gödel · Wheeler · Robertson · Bardeen · Walker · Kerr · Chandrasekhar · Ehlers · Penrose · Hawking · Taylor · Hulse · Stockum · Taub · Newman · Yau · Thorne others |
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Spacetime
Spacetime Minkowski spacetime Spacetime diagrams Spacetime in General relativity |
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