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Jan 20, 2025
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Undergraduate Record 2007-2008 [ARCHIVED RECORD]
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PHYS 524 - Introduction to the Theory of General Relativity Reviews special relativity and coordinate transformations. Includes the principle of equivalence; effects of gravitation on other systems and fields; general tensor analysis in curved spaces and gravitational field equations; Mach’s principle; tests of gravitational theories; Perihelion precession, red shift, bending of light, gyroscopic precession, radar echo delay; gravitational radiation; relativistic stellar structure and cosmography; and a short survey of cosmological models. (SI)
Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: Advanced calculus through partial differentiation and multiple integration; vector analysis in three dimensions.
Credits: 3
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