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The year 2015 is the centenary of Einstein's creation of general relativity. Over the century general relativity has gradually increased its footprints on mainstream physics and this article highlights advances in the classical aspects of general relativity since its creation.

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Black Holes, Centenary, Cosmology, General Relativity, Gravitational Waves, ISGRG Conference.
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Bala R. Iyer
International Centre for Theoretical Sciences–TIFR, Hessaraghatta, Bengaluru 560 089, India

Abstract


The year 2015 is the centenary of Einstein's creation of general relativity. Over the century general relativity has gradually increased its footprints on mainstream physics and this article highlights advances in the classical aspects of general relativity since its creation.

Keywords


Black Holes, Centenary, Cosmology, General Relativity, Gravitational Waves, ISGRG Conference.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv109%2Fi12%2F2230-2235