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PHYS 31000 - General Relativity

Course Credit: 1
GENERAL RELATIVITY A detailed introduction to relativistic gravity, gravity as spacetime curvature, the Einstein field equstions, and geodesic motion. Applications include the perihelion precession of Mercury, the deflection of starlight bythe sun, black holes, gravity waves, and the Big Bang expansion of the universe. Prerequisite(s): PHYS-20100