Masters Theses
Date of Award
12-2012
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science
Major
Mathematics
Major Professor
Alex Freire
Committee Members
Morwen Thistlethwaite, Henry Simpson
Abstract
It is well known in Newtonian theory that static self-gravitating perfect fluids in a vacuum are necessarily spherically symmetric. The necessity of spherical symmetry of perfect-fluid static spacetimes with constant density in general relativity is shown.
Recommended Citation
Brewer, Joshua M, "On the Spherical Symmetry of Perfect-Fluid Stellar Models in General Relativity. " Master's Thesis, University of Tennessee, 2012.
https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/1363
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