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PHYS 347.00 General Relativity 6 credits

Open: Size: 16, Registered: 15, Waitlist: 0

Olin 101

MTWTHF
8:30am9:40am8:30am9:40am8:30am9:30am
Synonym: 49088

Jay Tasson

Einstein's theory of general relativity is developed from basic physical principles. Also presented is the mathematics of curved space time. Astrophysical applications of general relativity, including spherically symmetric objects, black holes, cosmology and the creation and detection of gravitational waves are given.

Prerequisite: Physics 235 and either Physics 230 or Physic 231

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