Course description
The course will follow, with significant jumps and omissions, my Lecture Notes (see the link given below).
For further (and as up-to-date as possible) information please consult the webpage
GR 2024 of the course.
Prerequisites:
- Covariant Formulation of Special Relativity (Minkowski Space Geometry, Lorentz Tensor Algebra etc.)
- Classical Field Theory (Action Principles for Fields)
- Multivariable Calculus
Contents:
- Physical and Mathematical Foundations of General Relativity
- Equivalence Principle
- Geodesics
- Tensor Algebra and Tensor Calculus
- Riemannian Geometry and Curvature Tensor
- Physics in a Gravitational Field
- Einstein Equations and Einstein-Hilbert Action
- Selected Applications
- Solar System Tests of General Relativity
- Black Holes
- Basics of Cosmology
