GENERAL RELATIVITY (M2, Torretti)

Lecture Topic : (Math Physics) GENERAL RELATIVITY (M2, Torretti)

Prerequisites : General Relativity (M1); Tensor Calculus (M1);

Recommended Text(s) :

“Relativity and Geometry”, Roberto Torretti,Dover, 1996.

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Lectures and Links :

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Lecture 1  (link)

Ch.1   Newtonian Principles

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Lecture 2  (link)

Ch.2   Electrodynamics and the Aether

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Lecture 3  (link)

Ch.3   Einstein’s “Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies”

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Lecture 4 (link)

Ch.4   Monkowski Spacetime

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Lecture 5  (link)

Ch.5   Einstein’s Quest for a Theory of Gravity

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Lecture 6  (link)

Ch.6   Gravitational Geometry

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Lecture 7  (link)

Ch.7   Disputed Questions

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Lecture 8  (link)

Appendices : Differentiable Manifolds, Fibre Bundles, Linear Connections, Useful Formulae

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