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GR - WS16/17

 

General Relativity (Prof. Dr. J. J. van der Bij & Dr. Christian Steinwachs)

Dates:

  • Lectures:
    4 hours, Mon, 10:00-12:00 SRI, and Tue, 10:00-12:00, SRI, starting from 17.10.2016, lecturer: Dr. Christian Steinwachs

  • Tutorials:
    2 hours, Fri, 14:00-16:00, SRI, starting from 21.10.2016, tutor: Dr. Matthieu Jaquier

Literature:

A. Einstein: Über die spezielle und allgemeine Relativitätstheorie (gemeinverständlich)
A. Einstein: Grundzüge der Relativitätstheorie
H. Weyl: Raum-Zeit-Materie
W. Pauli: Relativitätstheorie
L. Landau & E. Lifshitz: The classical theory of fields (vol. 2)
K. Thorne, J.A. Wheeler & C.W. Misner: Gravitation
S. Carroll: Spacetime and geometry: an introduction to general relativity
R. Wald: General relativity
M. Göckeler & T. Schücker: Differential geometry, gauge theories, and gravity
C. Will: Was Einstein right?
C. Will: Theory and experiment in gravitational physics

 

Problem sheets:

Problem sheet 1

Problem sheet 2

Problem sheet 3

Problem sheet 4

Problem sheet 5

Problem sheet 6

Problem sheet 7

Problem sheet 8

Problem sheet 9

Problem sheet 10

Problem sheet 11

Problem sheet 12

Problem sheet 13

Problem sheet 14

Problem sheet 15

 

 

Solutions:

Solution 1

Solution 2

Solution 3

Solution 4

Solution 5

Solution 6

Solution 7

Solution 8

Solution 9

Solution 10

Solution 11

Solution 12

Solution 13

Solution 14

Solution 15

 

Typos can be collected and sent to matthieu.jaquier@physik.uni-freiburg.de