Course Description
The course will follow, with jumps and omissions, my Lecture Notes (see link given below).
For additional and up-to-date information, please consult the course webpage GR 2026.
Prerequisites:
- Covariant Formulation of Special Relativity (Minkowski Space Geometry, Lorentz Tensor Algebra etc.)
- Classical Field Theory (Action Principles for Fields)
- Multivariable Calculus
Contents:
- Physical and Mathematical Foundations of General Relativity
- Equivalence Principle
- Geodesics
- Tensor Algebra and Tensor Calculus
- Riemannian Geometry and Curvature Tensor
- Physics in a Gravitational Field
- Einstein Equations and Einstein-Hilbert Action
- Selected Applications
- Solar System Tests of General Relativity
- Black Holes
- Basics of Cosmology
- ...
