Students have one week to complete assignments, which are due in the sessions noted below.
Course assignments.
| Lec # |
Topics |
Assignments |
| 6 |
Introduction and Relativity Pre-Einstein
Einstein's Principle of Relativity and a New Concept of Spacetime
The Kinematic Consequences of Special Relativity Foundation for Spacetime |
Problem Set 1 (PDF) |
| 10 |
The Kinematic Consequences of Special Relativity Foundation for Spacetime
Velocity Addition and other Differential Transformations
Kinematics and "Paradoxes" |
Problem Set 2 (PDF) |
| 14 |
The Doppler Effect
Kinematics and "Paradoxes"
Relativistic Energy and Momentum
Relativistic Collisions and Decays |
Problem Set 3 (PDF) |
| 17 |
Relativistic Collisions and Decays
Four Vectors and Transformation Properties
The Lorentz Transformation of Energy and Momentum
Invariants
The Equivalence Principle
Looking Forward to General Relativity |
Problem Set 4 (PDF) |