Physics 231
Relativity: Special, General and Cosmological
Course Policy: For undergraduates: Two quizzes each with 25% of grade and one final with 50%. For graduates, the final exam is replaced with a research project.
Special Relativity (Graduates) SpecialRelativity.pdf
Problems (Graduates) Problemsets1-2.pdf
1.1, 1.3, 1.7, 1.13, 1.16, 1.20, 2.9, 2.11
Assigned problems: Chapter 20, problems 1 to 15
Chapter 7 problems 1 to 6, 10, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22
Chapter 8 problems 1 to 10.
The Kruskal extension of Schwarzschild solution wald.pdf
Recommended Reading: Weinberg S.The first three minutes 168s.pdf
Friedman-Robertson-Walker Geometry Robertson-Walker.pdf
Cosmological Models CosmologicalModels.pdf