General Relativity

Calendar

LEC #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
1	Introduction and the Geometric Viewpoint on Physics
2	Introduction to Tensors
3	Tensors Continued
4	Volumes and Volume Elements; Conservation Laws	Problem set 1 due
5	The Stress Energy Tensor and the Christoffel Symbol
6	The Principle of Equivalence
7	The Principle of Equivalence Continued; Parallel Transport	Problem set 2 due
8	Lie Transport, Killing Vectors, Tensor Densities
9	Geodesics	Problem set 3 due
10	Spacetime Curvature
11	More on Spacetime Curvature
12	The Einstein Field Equation	Problem set 4 due
13	The Einstein Field Equation (Variant Derivation)
14	Linearized Gravity I: Principles and Static Limit	Problem set 5 due
15	Linearized Gravity II: Dynamic Sources
16	Gravitational Radiation I	Problem set 6 due
17	Gravitational Radiation II
18	Cosmology I	Problem set 7 due
19	Cosmology II
20	Spherical Compact Sources I	Problem set 8 due
21	Spherical Compact Sources II
22	Black Holes I	Problem set 9 due
23	Black Holes II
24	Advanced Topics I (not video captured)	Problem sets 10 and 11 due
25	Advanced Topics II (not video captured)