2011–2012 General Relativity

 

  1. 1.Logistic details

  2. •Dates & time: 9am on Mondays and Thursdays every week

  3. -First class: 6 February; last class 19 March

  4. •Rooms: A1.10 (Monday), D1.114 (Thursday) both in Science Park 904

  5. •Credit: 6EC

  6. 2.Textbooks

  7. •S. M. Carroll: “Spacetime and Geometry: An Introduction to General Relativity” (Benjamin Cummings, 2003)

  8. •B. Shutz: “A First Course in General Relativity” (Cambridge University Press, 2nd edition, 2009)

  9. •R. W. Wald: “General Relativity” (University of Chicago Press, 1984)

  10. •S. Weinberg: “Gravitation and Cosmology: Principles and Applications of the General Theory of Relativity” (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,1972)

  11. •L. D. Landau & E. M. Lifshitz: “The Classical Theory of Fields” (Butterworth-Heinemann, 4th edition, 1980)

  12. 3.Exercises

  13. •February 6

  14. •February 9

  15. •February 13

  16. •February 16

  17. •February 27

  18. •March 2

  19. •March 5

  20. •March 8

  21. 4.Midterm homework

  22. •Homework 1; due February 27

  23. •Homework 2; due March 21