8.962 - General Relativity SP'18

Lecturer: Prof. Alan Guth
Recitation Instructor: Nikhil Raghuram
TA: Reginald Caginalp
Lecture: MW11-12.30 (56-154)

Lecture Notes:

 

►  Complete Lecture Notes from Spring 2017, by Andrew Turner. 
►  Geometry for General Relativity, Notes written by Sam Johnson, 2016. 
►  Lecture Notes 1: Wed 02/07/2018, Review of Special Relativity I. 
►  Lecture 10 Slides, Mon 03/12/2018: Mathematical Concepts and Definitions    
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►  Lecture 14 Slides, Mon 04/02/2018: Geodesic Deviation   
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►  Lecture 16 Slides, Mon 04/09/2018: Second Bianchi Identity    
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►  Lecture 18 & 19 Slides, Mon & Wed 04/18-20/2018: Kruskal Spacetime    
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►  Lecture 23 & 24 Slides, Mon & Wed 05/07-09/2018: Gravitational Energy    
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Weinberg: Section 7.6: Energy, Momentum, and Angular Momentum of Gravitation (Class only, requires certificates)  
►  Lecture 26 Slides, Wed 05/16/2018: Cosmology    
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►  Lecture 27 Slides, Thu 05/24/2018 (Post-Term): Gravitational Radiation    
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