PHY 395-01 - Advanced Special Topic: Current Topics in Relativity

4 credits (Spring)

The aim of this course will be to gain a fundamental understanding of Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity (GR) from its formulation and solutions to its applications. GR describes the gravitational field as the metric tensor of a Riemannian manifold. This Riemannian manifold is also referred to as the fabric of spacetime. Thus, the relevant language of GR is Riemannian Geometry or Differential Geometry. This language and its use in GR will not be pre-assumed knowledge, but students should have a fundamental knowledge of sophomore level modern physics, calculus and linear algebra.

Prerequisite: PHY 232 , MAT 133 , and MAT 215 .
Instructor: L. Rodriquez