
Softcover ISBN: | 978-2-85629-849-7 |
Product Code: | SMFMEM/150 |
List Price: | $52.00 |
AMS Member Price: | $41.60 |

Softcover ISBN: | 978-2-85629-849-7 |
Product Code: | SMFMEM/150 |
List Price: | $52.00 |
AMS Member Price: | $41.60 |
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Book DetailsMémoires de la Société Mathématique de FranceVolume: 150; 2017; 119 ppMSC: Primary 83; 35
This monograph solves the Cauchy problem for the \(f(R)\) theory of modified gravity, which generalizes Einstein's theory. In the Einstein–Hilbert functional, the spacetime scalar curvature \(R\) is replaced by a nonlinear function \(f(R)\). The field equations are of order four in the derivatives of the metric.
In this pioneering work, the authors provide a rigorous validation of this theory by analyzing the singular convergence of \(f(R)\) toward \(R\).
A publication of the Société Mathématique de France, Marseilles (SMF), distributed by the AMS in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. Orders from other countries should be sent to the SMF. Members of the SMF receive a 30% discount from list.
ReadershipGraduate students and research mathematicians interested in the theory of modified gravity.
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This monograph solves the Cauchy problem for the \(f(R)\) theory of modified gravity, which generalizes Einstein's theory. In the Einstein–Hilbert functional, the spacetime scalar curvature \(R\) is replaced by a nonlinear function \(f(R)\). The field equations are of order four in the derivatives of the metric.
In this pioneering work, the authors provide a rigorous validation of this theory by analyzing the singular convergence of \(f(R)\) toward \(R\).
A publication of the Société Mathématique de France, Marseilles (SMF), distributed by the AMS in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. Orders from other countries should be sent to the SMF. Members of the SMF receive a 30% discount from list.
Graduate students and research mathematicians interested in the theory of modified gravity.