General Relativity

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Introduction to tensor calculus and metric geometry; Maxwell theory and special relativity; Lorentzian spacetimes; Einstein's field equations; Schwarzschild and Kerr solutions, black hole properties; Friedmann equations and cosmology; optical geometry and gravitational lensing; gravitational waves; current research overview. Useful but not required: MINI-TERM Invitation to Spacetime; knowledge of differential equations and differential geometry (e.g. MATH 303, MATH 403, MATH 408); knowledge of classical mechanics, electromagnetism and astronomy (e.g. PHYS 134, PHYS 201, PHYS 301). 002023