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General relativity · Graduate · Physics

Topics

Geometric foundations

  • Manifolds, tangent spaces, and tensors
  • Affine connection and parallel transport
  • Curvature: Riemann, Ricci, and Einstein tensors
  • Geodesics and variational formulation
  • Stress–energy conservation ∇_μ T^μν = 0

Einstein's equations

  • Einstein field equations and Newtonian limit
  • Schwarzschild solution and black holes
  • Kerr metric and rotating black holes (intro)
  • Linearized gravity and gravitational waves
  • ADM formalism and 3+1 decomposition (overview)

Cosmology and tests

  • FLRW metrics and Friedmann equations
  • Gravitational lensing: weak and strong
  • Perihelion precession and light deflection
  • Gravitational time delay and Shapiro effect
  • Initial value problem and gauge choices

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  • Geometric foundations

    Manifolds, tangent spaces, and tensors

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  • Einstein's equations

    Einstein field equations and Newtonian limit

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  • Cosmology and tests

    FLRW metrics and Friedmann equations

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