PHYS 515 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Schedule
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Week |
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Lecture |
Homework |
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1 |
Monday |
MLK Jr. Holiday |
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Tuesday |
No class |
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Thursday |
No class |
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2 |
Tuesday |
L1. Introduction to class |
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Thursday |
L2. Special Relativity |
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3 |
Tuesday |
L3. Vectors and 1-forms |
HW 1 assigned |
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Thursday |
L4. Intro to tensors |
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4 |
Tuesday |
L5. Manipulating tensors |
HW 1 due HW 2 assigned |
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Thursday |
L6. Stress-energy |
Video Assigned |
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5 |
Tuesday |
L7. Manifolds |
Videos viewed HW 2 due HW 3 assigned |
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Thursday |
L8. Covariant Derivatives |
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6 |
Tuesday |
L9. Geodesics |
HW 3 due HW 4 assigned |
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Thursday |
L10. Riemann Curvature |
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7 |
Tuesday |
L11. Klling symmetries |
HW 4 due HW 5 assigned |
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Thursday |
Midterm |
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8 |
Tuesday |
L12. Gravitation and Einstein equations |
HW 5 due HW 6 assigned |
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Thursday |
L13. Lagrangian formulation |
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9 |
Monday to Friday |
No class (Spring Break) |
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10 |
Tuesday |
L14. Lagrangian formulation |
HW 6 due HW 7 assigned |
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Thursday |
L15. Properties of the Einstein Equations |
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11 |
Tuesday |
L16. Schwrschild black hole |
HW 7 due HW 8 assigned |
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Thursday |
L17. Geodesics of Schwarzscshild |
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12 |
Tuesday |
L18. Maximal Extension of Schwarzchild |
HW 8 due HW 9 assigned |
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Thursday |
L19. Gravitational Collapse |
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13 |
Tuesday |
L20. Gravitational Waves |
HW 9 due HW 10 assigned |
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Thursday |
L21. Gravitational Waves |
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14 |
Tuesday |
Class will continue as normal HW 10 due HW 11 assigned |
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Thursday |
L22. Cosmology |
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15 |
Tuesday |
L23. Cosmology |
HW 11 due HW 12 assigned |
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Thursday |
L24. Review day |
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16 |
Tuesday |
Last day of classes -- HW 12 due |
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Thursday |
Reading Day |
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