General Relativity

Subject: 
Applied Mathematics (AMATH)
Catalog number: 
675
Unit weight: 
0.50
Meet type: 
LEC
Grading basis: 
NUM
Cross-listing(s): 
N/A
Requisites: 
Antireq: AMATH 475
Description: 
Flat space-time and Lorentz transformations. Relativistic mechanics. Maxwell's equations. Curved space-time and the Einstein field equations. The Schwarzschild solution and some experimental tests of general relativity. The weak-field limit. Introduction to black holes and cosmology. (Heldwith AMATH 675)
Topic titles: 
N/A
Faculty: 
Mathematics (MAT)
Academic level: 
GRD
Course ID: 
011281