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PHY 4950 - General Relativity



Credits: 3

Prerequisite(s): PHY 2811, PHY 2711, and MTH 3420, or Permission of instructor.

Description: This course is a one semester treatment of the topics of Special Relativity, General Relativity and modern Gravitational Theory. Essential elements of Newtonian physics and Special Relativity are reviewed from previous courses and expanded upon. Mathematical tools describing the geometry of space-time are developed, and the theory of General Relativity is presented and applied to a wide variety of physical phenomena.



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