| Weeks | Topics |
| 1 |
Newton’s Laws of Motion, Gravitational Potential and the Geodesic
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| 2 |
Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation, A Rotating Reference System
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| 3 |
Einstein’s Equation, The Stress Tensor and Fluid Motion, The Curvature Tensor and Related Tensors
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| 4 |
Curvature and Parallel Transport, Geodesic Deviation
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| 5 |
Einstein’s Equation Compared with Poisson’s Equation, The Schwarzschild Solution
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| 6 |
Length and Time in the Vicinity of a Massive Object, Radar Sounding
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| 7 |
Spectral Shift, General Particle Motion, Perihelion Advance, Bending of Light
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| 8 |
Geodesic Effect, Black Holes, Other Coordinate Systems
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| 9 |
Midterm Exam
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| 10 |
Introduction to Cosmology, Robertson-Walker Line Element, Field Equations
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| 11 |
The Friedman Models, Comment on Einstein Models, Newtonian Dust
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| 12 |
Introduction to Gravitational Radiation, What Wiggles?
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| 13 |
Two Polarizations, Simple Generation and Detection
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| 14 |
Summary
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