Overview
Description
Historical background, Lorentz transformations, Minkowski space-time, equivalence principle, covariant differentiation, curvature tensor, gravitational field equations, tests of general relativity, quantum gravity.
Units
Lecture3
Learning Outcomes
- describe the central conceptual themes in the special and general theory of relativity.
- apply the principles of the special and general theory of relativity to the solution of selected problems.