Review of special relativity; ideas of general relativity; mathematics of curved space-time; formation of a geometric theory of gravity; Einstein field equation applied to problems such as the cosmological red-shift and blackholes.

Prerequisites

Physics 181 and Mathematics 111 or equivalents.

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Prospective students can get more information from the Director of Undergraduate Studies or the Director of Graduate Studies.

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