General Theory of Relativity
P.A.M. Dirac

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

1	Special Relativity	1
2	Oblique Axes	3
3	Curvilinear Coordinates	5
4	Nontensors	8
5	Curved Space	9
6	Parallel Displacement	10
7	Christoffel Symbols	12
8	Geodesics	14
9	The Stationary Property of Geodesics	16
10	Covariant Differentiation	17
11	The Curvature Tensor	20
12	The Condition for Flat Space	22
13	The Bianchi Relations	23
14	The Ricci Tensor	24
15	Einstein's Law of Gravitation	25
16	The Newtonian Approximation	26
17	The Gravitational Red Shift	29
18	The Schwarzchild Solution	30
19	Black Holes	32
20	Tensor Densities	36
21	Gauss and Stokes Theorems	38
22	Harmonic Coordinates	40
23	The Electromagnetic Field	41
24	Modification of the Einstein Equations by the Presence of Matter	43
25	The Material Energy Tensor	45
26	The Gravitational Action Principle	48
27	The Action for a Continuous Distribution of Matter	50
28	The Action for the Electromagnetic Field	54
29	The Action for Charged Matter	55
30	The Comprehensive Action Principle	58
31	The Pseudo-Energy Tensor of the Gravitational Field	61
32	Explicit Expression for the Pseudo-Tensor	63
33	Gravitational Waves	64
34	The Polarization of Gravitational Waves	66
35	The Cosmological Term	68
	Index	71

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