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1. General relativity: General relativity, also known as the general theory of relativity and Einstein's theory of gravity, is the geometric theory of gravitation published by Albert Einstein in 1915 and is the current description of gravitation in modern physics. General relativity ... (Theory of gravitation as curved spacetime) [100%] 2023-10-13 [General relativity] [Concepts in astronomy]...
2. General relativity: General relativity : A mathematical theory relating gravity to non-Euclidean distortions in the geometry of space and time introduced by mass and energy, and reducing to the special theory of relativity in localized regions of space and time. [100%] 2023-06-27
3. General relativity: File:BBH gravitational lensing of gw150914.webm General relativity, also known as the general theory of relativity and Einstein's theory of gravity, is the geometric theory of gravitation published by Albert Einstein in 1915 and is the current description ... (Physics) [100%] 2023-09-18 [General relativity]
4. General relativity priority dispute: Albert Einstein presented the theories of special relativity and general relativity in publications that either contained no formal references to previous literature, or referred only to a small number of his predecessors for fundamental results on which he based his ... (Physics) [70%] 2023-10-02 [Theory of relativity]
5. Gauge invariance#More on General relativity: Note: in this appendix, the convention of summation over lower and upper repeated indices is used. Given an affine connection \(\mathbf{\Gamma}_\mu\) on a differential manifold \(\mathcal{M}\ ,\) the parallel transport of differentiable tensor fields can be locally ... [63%] 2024-09-14
6. Horizon (general relativity): A horizon is a boundary in spacetime satisfying prescribed conditions. There are several types of horizons that play a role in Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity. (Physics) [81%] 2023-11-11 [General relativity]
7. Congruence (general relativity): In general relativity, a congruence (more properly, a congruence of curves) is the set of integral curves of a (nowhere vanishing) vector field in a four-dimensional Lorentzian manifold which is interpreted physically as a model of spacetime. Often this ... (General relativity) [81%] 2023-12-22 [Mathematical methods in general relativity] [Lorentzian manifolds]...
8. Congruence (general relativity): In general relativity, a congruence (more properly, a congruence of curves) is the set of integral curves of a (nowhere vanishing) vector field in a four-dimensional Lorentzian manifold which is interpreted physically as a model of spacetime. Often this ... (Physics) [81%] 2023-12-10 [Mathematical methods in general relativity] [Lorentzian manifolds]...
9. General Relativity (book): General Relativity is a graduate textbook and reference on Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity written by the gravitational physicist Robert Wald. First published by the University of Chicago Press in 1984, the book, a tome of almost 500 ... (Book) [81%] 2023-12-15 [General relativity] [Physics textbooks]...
10. Introduction to general relativity: General relativity is a theory of gravitation developed by Albert Einstein between 1907 and 1915. The theory of general relativity says that the observed gravitational effect between masses results from their warping of spacetime. (Physics) [70%] 2023-10-03 [General relativity] [Gravity]...
11. Curvature invariant (general relativity): In general relativity, curvature invariants are a set of scalars formed from the Riemann, Weyl and Ricci tensors - which represent curvature, hence the name, - and possibly operations on them such as contraction, covariant differentiation and dualisation. Certain invariants formed from ... (Physics) [70%] 2023-09-28 [Tensors in general relativity]
12. Alternatives to general relativity: Alternatives to general relativity are physical theories that attempt to describe the phenomenon of gravitation in competition with Einstein's theory of general relativity. There have been many different attempts at constructing an ideal theory of gravity. (Proposed theories of gravity) [70%] 2024-01-26 [Theories of gravity] [General relativity]...
13. Introduction to general relativity: General relativity is a theory of gravitation developed by Albert Einstein between 1907 and 1915. The theory of general relativity says that the observed gravitational effect between masses results from their warping of spacetime. (Theory of gravity by Albert Einstein) [70%] 2024-01-26 [General relativity] [Gravity]...
14. General theory of relativity: See Counterexamples to Relativity. See Theory of relativity for a more "general" description of relativity. [70%] 2023-02-26 [Physics]
15. Mass in general relativity: The concept of mass in general relativity (GR) is more subtle to define than the concept of mass in special relativity. In fact, general relativity does not offer a single definition of the term mass, but offers several different definitions ... (Astronomy) [70%] 2023-10-04 [General relativity] [Mass]...
16. Alternatives to general relativity: Alternatives to general relativity are physical theories that attempt to describe the phenomenon of gravitation in competition with Einstein's theory of general relativity. There have been many different attempts at constructing an ideal theory of gravity. (Proposed theories of gravity) [70%] 2023-12-22 [Theories of gravity] [General relativity]...
17. Alternatives to general relativity: Alternatives to general relativity are physical theories that attempt to describe the phenomenon of gravitation in competition to Einstein's theory of general relativity. There have been many different attempts at constructing an ideal theory of gravity. (Physics) [70%] 2023-12-20 [General relativity]
18. Tests of general relativity: Tests of general relativity serve to establish observational evidence for the theory of general relativity. The first three tests, proposed by Albert Einstein in 1915, concerned the "anomalous" precession of the perihelion of Mercury, the bending of light in gravitational ... (Scientific experiments) [70%] 2023-12-26 [Tests of general relativity] [Mercury (planet)]...
19. General Relativity and Gravitation: General Relativity and Gravitation — журнал по гравитации и теории относительности. Выпускается при содействии Международного общества общей теории относительности и гравитации. [70%] 2023-06-17
20. Introduction to general relativity: General relativity is a theory of gravitation developed by Albert Einstein between 1907 and 1915. The theory of general relativity says that the observed gravitational effect between masses results from their warping of spacetime. (Theory of gravity by Albert Einstein) [70%] 2023-12-26 [General relativity] [Gravity]...
21. General theory of relativity: The general theory of relativity explains the phenomena of gravity as a an artifact of the geometry of space and time, which is not simply a Euclidean geometry but a Riemannian geometry that varies from location to location as it ... [70%] 2023-06-14
22. Mathematics of general relativity: When studying and formulating Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity, various mathematical structures and techniques are utilized. The main tools used in this geometrical theory of gravitation are tensor fields defined on a Lorentzian manifold representing spacetime. (Physics) [70%] 2023-12-27 [Mathematical methods in general relativity]
23. History of general relativity: General relativity is a theory of gravitation that was developed by Albert Einstein between 1907 and 1915, with contributions by many others after 1915. According to general relativity, the observed gravitational attraction between masses results from the warping of space ... (none) [70%] 2024-03-09 [General relativity] [History of physics]...
24. Tests of general relativity: Tests of general relativity serve to establish observational evidence for the theory of general relativity. The first three tests, proposed by Albert Einstein in 1915, concerned the "anomalous" precession of the perihelion of Mercury, the bending of light in gravitational ... (Astronomy) [70%] 2024-08-30 [Tests of general relativity] [Mercury (planet)]...
25. Geodesics in general relativity: In general relativity, a geodesic generalizes the notion of a "straight line" to curved spacetime. Importantly, the world line of a particle free from all external, non-gravitational forces is a particular type of geodesic. (Generalization of straight line to a curved space time) [70%] 2024-08-30 [General relativity] [Geodesic (mathematics)]...
26. Geodesics in general relativity: In general relativity, a geodesic generalizes the notion of a "straight line" to curved spacetime. Importantly, the world line of a particle free from all external, non-gravitational forces is a particular type of geodesic. (Generalization of straight line to a curved space time) [70%] 2025-04-26 [General relativity] [Geodesic (mathematics)]...
27. Vacuum solution (general relativity): In general relativity, a vacuum solution is a Lorentzian manifold whose Einstein tensor vanishes identically. According to the Einstein field equation, this means that the stress–energy tensor also vanishes identically, so that no matter or non-gravitational fields are ... (General relativity) [70%] 2025-06-09 [Exact solutions in general relativity]
28. Metric tensor (general relativity): In general relativity, the metric tensor (in this context often abbreviated to simply the metric) is the fundamental object of study. The metric captures all the geometric and causal structure of spacetime, being used to define notions such as time ... (General relativity) [70%] 2025-06-01 [Tensors in general relativity] [Time in physics]...
29. Special relativity and steps towards general relativity: Special relativity and steps towards general relativity is a one-semester Wikiversity course that uses the geometrical approach to understanding special relativity and presents a few elements towards general relativity. The course may be used in a traditional university, within ... [66%] 2023-12-21 [Courses] [Resources last modified in February 2019]...
30. Newtonian motivations for general relativity: Some of the basic concepts of general relativity can be outlined outside the relativistic domain. In particular, the idea that mass–energy generates curvature in space and that curvature affects the motion of masses can be illustrated in a Newtonian ... (Physics) [63%] 2023-12-22 [General relativity]
31. Frame fields in general relativity: A frame field in general relativity (also called a tetrad or vierbein) is a set of four pointwise-orthonormal vector fields, one timelike and three spacelike, defined on a Lorentzian manifold that is physically interpreted as a model of spacetime ... (Physics) [63%] 2023-10-02 [Frames of reference] [Mathematical methods in general relativity]...