PHYS 516 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Schedule

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Week Date Lecture                           Homework                            
1
Monday
1/20/2020
 MLK Jr. Holiday
Tuesday
1/21/2020
 No class
Thursday
1/23/2020
 No class
2
Tuesday
1/28/2020
 L1. Introduction to class  
Thursday
1/30/2020
 L2. Special Relativity HW 1 asssigned
3
Tuesday
2/4/2020
 L3. Vectors and 1-forms HW 1 due
Thursday
2/6/2020
 L4. Intro to tensors HW 2 asssigned
4
Tuesday
2/11/2020
 L5. Manipulating tensors HW 2 due
Thursday
2/13/2020
 L6. Stress-energy

Video Assigned

HW 3 asssigned
5
Tuesday
2/18/2020
 L7. Manifolds

Videos viewed

HW 3 due
Thursday
2/20/2020
 L8. Covariant Derivatives HW 4 asssigned
6
Tuesday
2/25/2020
 L9. Geodesics HW 4 due
Thursday
2/27/2020
 L10.Riemann Curvature HW 5 asssigned
7
Tuesday
3/3/2020
  Midterm HW 5 due
Thursday
3/5/2020
 L11. Klling symmetries   HW 6 asssigned
8
Tuesday
3/10/2020
 L12. Gravitation and Einstein equations  HW  6 due
Thursday
3/12/2020
 L13. Lagrangian formulation  HW 7 asssigned
9
Monday
3/16/2020
to Friday
3/20/2020
 No class (Spring Break)
10
Tuesday
3/24/2020

L14. Lagrangian formulation  

 HW 7 due
Thursday
3/26/2020
 L15. Properties of the Einstein Equations  HW 8 asssigned
11
Tuesday
3/31/2020
 L16. Schwrschild black hole  HW 8 due
Thursday
4/2/2020
 L17. Geodesics of Schwarzscshild  HW 9 asssigned
12
Tuesday
4/7/2020
 L18. Maximal Extension of Schwarzchild HW 9 due
Thursday
4/9/2020
 L19. Gravitational Collapse HW 10 asssigned
13
Tuesday
4/14/2020
 L20. Gravitational Wavess HW 10 due
Thursday
4/16/2020
 L21. Gravitational Waves HW 11 asssigned
14
Tuesday
4/21/2020
 No class
Thursday
4/23/2020
 L22. Cosmology

HW 11 due and

HW 12 asssigned
15
Tuesday
4/28/2020
  L23. Cosmology HW 12 due
Thursday
4/30/2020
 L24. Review day   
16
Tuesday
5/5/2020
 Last day of classes
Thursday
5/7/2020
 Reading Day