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Exact Solutions—Field Moments

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Exact solutions of EFE do not play a central role for the field of Applied General Relativity (if we exclude the field of relativistic astrophysics and cosmology); nevertheless they might serve as a guide to understand certain aspects of practical systems where gravity plays a role and as assistance for the construction of approximative formalisms. A huge number of exact solutions of EFE have been found; the reader is referred to the standard literature.

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    Michael H. Soffel

  2. Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China

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Soffel, M.H., Han, WB. (2019). Exact Solutions—Field Moments. In: Applied General Relativity. Astronomy and Astrophysics Library. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19673-8_6

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