PHYS 515 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Online material
Recordings of the lectures and homework sets will be available online here and under schedule.
Exam papers
| 11-12 March 2021 | Midterm |
| 7-8 May 2021 | Final exam |
Homework assignments
New homework sheets will be uploaded on Tuesdays before class and they are due to be handed in online on the Tuesday in the week thereafter until 11:59pm CST. In general, you are allowed to use computer algebra software, like Maple or Mathematica, unless stated otherwise. If you do use computer algebra software, together with your PDF solution, you must provide a well-formatted print out of your code. Under no circumstances are you allowed to use a computer algebra package, such as grTensor or xTensor, to calculate tensorial quantities.
| Week | Homework |
|---|---|
| 1 | no homework |
| 2 | HW1 |
| 3 | HW2 ; HW 1 Solution |
| 4 | HW3 ; HW 2 Solution |
| 5 | HW4 ; HW 3 Solution |
| 6 | HW5 ; HW 4 Solution |
| 7 | Midterm; HW 5 Solution |
| 8 | HW6; Midterm Solutions |
| 9 | HW7; HW6 Solutions |
| 10 | HW8; HW7 Solutions |
| 11 | HW9; HW8 Solutions |
| 12 | HW10; HW9 Solutions |
| 13 | HW11; HW10 Solutions |
| 14 | HW12; HW11 Solutions |
| 15 | HW12 Solutions Final Solutions |
Recordings of lectures
The recordings of lectures will typically be uploaded within 1 day after class.
| Week | Lecture Tue | Lecture Thu |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | L1 slides | L2 notes |
| 2 | L3 notes | L4 notes |
| 3 | L5 notes | L6 notes |
| 4 | L7 notes | L8 notes |
| 5 | L9 notes | L10 notes |
| 6 | L11. notes | L12. Geodesics; Riemann Curvature |
| 7 | L13. Revision | Midterm |
| 8 | L14. notes | L15. notes |
| 9 | L16. notes | L17. notes |
| 10 | L18. notes | L19. notes |
| 11 | L20. notes | L21. notes |
| 12 | no class | L22. notes |
| 13 | L23. notes | L24. notes |
| 14 | L25. notes | L26. notes |
| 15 | L27. notes | Reading day |
Additional material
Additional material will be posted here.