Subject:
Applied Mathematics (AMATH)
Catalog number:
875
Unit weight:
0.50
Meet type:
LEC
Grading basis:
NUM
Cross-listing(s):
PHYS-786
Requisites:
N/A
Description:
Introduction to the differential geometry of Lorentzian manifolds. The priniciples of general relativity. Causal structure and cosmological singularities. Cosmological space-times with Killing vector fields. Friedmann-Lemaitre cosmologies, scalar, vector and tensor perburbations in the linear and nonlinear regimes. De Sitter space-times and inflationary models.
Topic titles:
N/A
Faculty:
Mathematics (MAT)
Academic level:
GRD
Course ID:
011282
