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General i article the special theory of relativity vasant natarajan and diptiman sen vasant natarajan is at the department of physics, lise, bangalore. An introduction to the theory of rotating relativistic stars by eric gourgoulhon arxiv these notes introduce the theory of rotating stars in general relativity. Carroll 1 special relativity and flat spacetime we will begin with a whirlwind tour of special relativity sr and life in. The special theory we shall deliberately ignore the chronological development of the theory 1, and start directly from the answer. The theory of gr is fundamentally based on the einstein equations. The linearised theory, gauge symmetry, the newtonian limit. General relativity, or gr, was created in order to better understand gravity.
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