Course Outline:
This course provides an introduction to Einstein’s theory of gravity known as General Relativity, and some of the mathematical tools required to understand it. Topics covered will be:
Syllabus
- Special Relativity.
- Vectors.
- Tensors.
- Tensors in SR.
- Properties of Gravity.
- Curved Manifolds and Spacetime.
- Einstein’s Field Equations.
- Gravitational waves.
- Black holes.