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Instructor: Prof. Scott Hughes. 8.962 is MIT's graduate course in general relativity, which covers the basic principles of Einstein's general theory of relativity, differential geometry, experimental tests of general relativity, black holes, and cosmology. (from ocw.mit.edu)
Course Currilcum
- Lecture 01 – Introduction and the Geometric Viewpoint on Physics Unlimited
- Lecture 02 – Introduction to Tensors Unlimited
- Lecture 03 – Tensors (cont.) Unlimited
- Lecture 04 – Volumes and Volume Elements; Conservation Laws Unlimited
- Lecture 05 – The Stress Energy Tensor and the Christoffel Symbol Unlimited
- Lecture 06 – The Principle of Equivalence Unlimited
- Lecture 07 – The Principle of Equivalence (cont.); Parallel Transport Unlimited
- Lecture 08 – Lie Transport, Killing Vectors, Tensor Densities Unlimited
- Lecture 09 – Geodesics Unlimited
- Lecture 10 – Spacetime Curvature Unlimited
- Lecture 11 – More on Spacetime Curvature Unlimited
- Lecture 12 – The Einstein Field Equation Unlimited
- Lecture 13 – The Einstein Field Equation (Variant Derivation) Unlimited
- Lecture 14 – Linearized Gravity I: Principles and Static Limit Unlimited
- Lecture 15 – Linearized Gravity II: Dynamic Sources Unlimited
- Lecture 16 – Gravitational Radiation I Unlimited
- Lecture 17 – Gravitational Radiation II Unlimited
- Lecture 18 – Cosmology I Unlimited
- Lecture 19 – Cosmology II Unlimited
- Lecture 20 – Spherical Compact Sources I Unlimited
- Lecture 21 – Spherical Compact Sources II Unlimited
- Lecture 22 – Black Holes I Unlimited
- Lecture 23 – Black Holes II Unlimited
