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2012-2013 SDSM&T Academic Catalog 
    
2012-2013 SDSM&T Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PHYS 775 General Relativity

Credits: (3-0) 3

This course includes study of Minkowski Space, tensor algebra and calculus, non-Euclidean Geometry, and the Einstein Field Equations. Applications will be chosen from such topics as the Schwarzchild, Kerr, and Reisner-Nordstrom solutions, gravitational waves, Post-Newtonian Formulisms, 3 + 1 formulism, and other topics of interest.

Prerequisites: PHYS 421/521  , PHYS 451/551  or equivalent.


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