James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2008

MA5621 - General Relativity

Credit points: 03
Year: 2008
Student Contribution Band: Band 2
Administered by: Discipline of Mathematics & Statistics (pre 2009)

Differential geometry, tensors, covariant derivative, Riemann tensor, geodesics, Lie derivative; equivalence principle, energy-momentum tensor, Einstein equations, Killing vectors; solutions of Einstein equations, black holes, relativistic cosmology, particle physics and the very early universe.

Prerequisites:MA2100

Availabilities

Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 04-Apr-2008
Coord/Lect: Dr Shaun Belward.

Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 05-Sep-2008
Coord/Lect: Dr Shaun Belward.

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