A self-contained introduction to the mathematical theory of black holes.

The first book devoted to black holes in more than four dimensions, for graduate students and researchers.

Black holes, once just fascinating theoretical predictions of how gravity warps space-time according to Einstein's theory, are now generally accepted as astroph

This book addresses graduate students in the first place and is meant as a modern compendium to the existing texts on black hole astrophysics. The authors prese