MATH 442Theory of Relativity
- Faculty
- Mathematics
- Last listed
- 1975–76
No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1963–64 to 1975–76; the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.
Flat space-time and special relativity, curved space-time and the Einstein gravitational field equations. The Schwarzchild solutions and the experimental tests of relativity. Maxwell’s equations in space time and the Reissner-Nordstrom solution. Selected topics from cosmology, Petrov classification, spinors, gravitational waves, special solutions, mathematical aspects of the Einstein field equations. 2 hours lectures, Winter term. Prerequisite: M 360 (a), Consent of instructor.
As printed in the 1971–72 to 1975–76 calendars, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original.
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In the scanned calendars
How it read in each calendar from 1963–64 to 1975–76, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.
1971–72 to 1975–76 5 calendars
Flat space-time and special relativity, curved space-time and the Einstein gravitational field equations. The Schwarzchild solutions and the experimental tests of relativity. Maxwell’s equations in space time and the Reissner-Nordstrom solution. Selected topics from cosmology, Petrov classification, spinors, gravitational waves, special solutions, mathematical aspects of the Einstein field equations. 2 hours lectures, Winter term. Prerequisite: M 360 (a), Consent of instructor.
1963–64 to 1970–71 7 calendars
Covariant and contravariant tensors. Riemannian space. Gaussian curvature. The Lorentz transformation and Einstein’s special theory. Introduction to the general theory of relativity.
2 lectures.