General Relativity PH5011

The best way to learn GR is by taking your own notes for the blackboard lectures

Take your own notes for blackboard lectures.

GuideGR.doc Guide/tentative schedule of Lectures.

Pages of Scanned Old Lecture Notes: GRnotes1-8.pdf , GRnotes9-36.pdf , GRnotes41-50.pdf [L1]

Problem Sheets. Check Solutions Left in Library in due time.

Problem Sheet 1 (in doc) [handout at beginning] Solution1 [handout at beginning]

Problem Sheet 2 (in doc) [handout 7 mar]Solution2 GR-tutor2-sol.pdf [28 mar]

Problem Sheet 3 (in doc) [handout 28 mar just before spring break] Solutions here

three extra questions here ,Solutions here

A few sheets reviewing Tensor Theory (in doc)

A few sheet reviewing Special Relativity (in doc)

Online Lecture notes from others:

· Alan Heavens GR notes

· Hendry's summer school GR notes

· Link to Dr. Sean Carroll notes

Useful short references:

grtools.ma : Download to the PC in Computer Lab in Mathematics building, where mathematica is inst\ alled. Try it and practise with tensors.

More systematic reference books

Text book by Chou in the Library
Text book by Hartle J.B. “Gravity: An Introduction to
Einstein's General Relativity”

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