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Università di Padova

 

general relativity
Lecturer: B. Tormen


1. Four-vectors; Lorentz transformations; tensors. Classic Field theory (4 hours).

2. Curvature: derivatives, parallel transport, connections, geodesic equation, geodesic deviation equation, their Newtonian limit (6 hours).

3. Einstein's equations (2 hours)

4. Schwarzschild solution and its orbits (4 hours)