Course Syllabus pdf file

Lecture notes

Lecture 1 : Rethink relativity I

Lecture 2 : Rethink relativity II

Supplemental Material : Poincare and relativity

Supplemental Material : The 1855 Weber-Kohlausch experiment

Lecture 3 : Thomas precession

Lecture 4 : Curved coordinate

Supplemental Material : Minimal surface

Lecture 5 : Covariant derivative

Lecture 6 : Geodesic equation and curvature

Lecture 7 : Geodesic and more

Lecture 8 : Curvature tensor and Einstein equation

Lecture 9 : Schwarzschild Solution

Lecture 10 : Motion in a Schwarzschild background

Lecture 11 : Black hole

Lecture 12 : Cosmological models and big bang

Homework assignment

Homework1 : Due Mar 10, 2026 in class

Homework2 : Due Mar 17, 2026 in class

Homework3 : Due Mar 24, 2026 in class

Homework4 : Due April 7, 2026 in class

Homework5 : Due April 14, 2026 in class

Homework6 : Due April 21, 2026 in class

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