文档介绍:G. Ferrarese
D. Bini
Introduction to Relativistic
Continuum Mechanics
ABC
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Donato Bini io Ferrarese
Istituto per le Applicazioni Università Roma La Sapienza
del Calcolo ‘Mauro Picone’ CNR Dipartimento di Matematica
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G. Ferrarese and D. Bini, Introduction to Relativistic Continuum Mechanics, Lect. Notes
Phys. 727 (Springer, Berlin Heidelberg 2008), DOI -3-540-73168-9
Library of Congress Control Number: 2007929739
ISSN 0075-8450
ISBN 978-3-540-73166-5 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York
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Preface
In standard university courses, the teaching of special relativity is often limited
to show the absolute (. four-dimensional) formulation of relativist