Galaxies, Axisymmetric Systems and Relativity
Essays Presented to W. B. Bonnor on his 65th Birthday

Table of Contents

List of contributors
Preface
Prof. W. B. Bonnor: a biological sketch
Part I. Galaxies and Cosmology:
1. The origin of large scale cosmic structure B. J. T. Jones and P. L. Palmer
2. The problem of origin of the primordial pertubations and the modern cosmology V. N. Lukash and I. D. Novikov
3. The automorphism group and field equations for Bianchi universes W. L. Rogue and G. F. R. Ellis
4. New perspectives on galaxy formation J. Silk
Part II. Axisymmetric Systems:
5. On exact radiative solutions representing finite sources J. Bicak
6. Proof of a generalized Geroch conjecture I. Hauser and F. J. Ernst
7. Limits of the double Kerr solution C. Hoenselaers
8. Non-inheritance of static symmetry by Maxwell fields M. A. H. MacCallum and N. Van den Bergh
9. Stationary axisymmetric electrovacuum fields in general relativity G. Neugebauer and D. Kramer
10. An almost conformal approach to axial symmetry Z. Perjes
11. Conformally stationary axisymmetric space-times J. Winicour
Part III. Relativity:
12. A family of conformally flat space-times having the same curvature tensor in a given co-ordinate frame C. D. Collinson
13. On the Bell–Szekeres solution for colliding electromagnetic waves J. B. Griffiths
14. A remark on the Hauser metric A. Held
15. Numerical relativity by power series R. Penrose
16. Projective relativity and the equation of motion E. Schmutzer
17. On generalized equations of goedesic deviation B. F. Schutz
18. Lobatchevski plane gravitational waves S. T. C. Siklos
19. Perfect fluid and vacuum solutions of Einstein's field equations with flat 3-dimensional slices H. Stephani and Th. Wolf
20. Self-similar solutions of Einstein's equations J. Wainwright.