Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Notation
- 1 Rotating fluid bodies in equilibrium: fundamental notions and equations
- 2 Analytical treatment of limiting cases
- 3 Numerical treatment of the general case
- 4 Remarks on stability and astrophysical relevance
- Appendix 1 A detailed look at the mass-shedding limit
- Appendix 2 Theta functions: definitions and relations
- Appendix 3 Multipole moments of the rotating disc of dust
- Appendix 4 The disc solution as a Bäcklund limit
- References
- Index
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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 October 2009
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Notation
- 1 Rotating fluid bodies in equilibrium: fundamental notions and equations
- 2 Analytical treatment of limiting cases
- 3 Numerical treatment of the general case
- 4 Remarks on stability and astrophysical relevance
- Appendix 1 A detailed look at the mass-shedding limit
- Appendix 2 Theta functions: definitions and relations
- Appendix 3 Multipole moments of the rotating disc of dust
- Appendix 4 The disc solution as a Bäcklund limit
- References
- Index
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- Relativistic Figures of Equilibrium , pp. ix - xPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2008