Weeks | Topics |
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Newton’s Laws of Motion, Gravitational Potential and the Geodesic
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Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation, A Rotating Reference System
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Einstein’s Equation, The Stress Tensor and Fluid Motion, The Curvature Tensor and Related Tensors
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Curvature and Parallel Transport, Geodesic Deviation
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Einstein’s Equation Compared with Poisson’s Equation, The Schwarzschild Solution
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Length and Time in the Vicinity of a Massive Object, Radar Sounding
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Spectral Shift, General Particle Motion, Perihelion Advance, Bending of Light
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Geodesic Effect, Black Holes, Other Coordinate Systems
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Midterm Exam
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Introduction to Cosmology, Robertson-Walker Line Element, Field Equations
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The Friedman Models, Comment on Einstein Models, Newtonian Dust
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Introduction to Gravitational Radiation, What Wiggles?
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Two Polarizations, Simple Generation and Detection
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Summary
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