Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Slide 48
Einstein's field equation.
¥The
mathematical form of the theory of general relativity:
¥Einstein's field
equation was solved by Karl Schwarzschild while he was on the battle field in
World War I where he died in 1916.
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