Introduction to the General Theory of Relativity
WS 2014-2015
Bengt Friman and Gabor Almasi (excercises)
GSI
Lectures and excercises are at TUD:
Monday 11:40-13:20 S211/10
Friday 15:20-17:00 S211/10
Lectures/excercises are planned for the following dates
| Week day |
Mon |
Fri |
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13.10. |
17.10. |
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20.10. |
24.10. |
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27.10. |
31.10. |
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03.11. |
07.11. |
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10.11. |
14.11. |
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17.11. |
21.11. |
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24.11. |
28.11. |
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01.12. |
05.12. |
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08.12. |
12.12. |
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15.12. |
19.12. |
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12.01. |
16.01. |
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19.01. |
23.01. |
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26.01. |
30.01. |
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02.02. |
06.02. |
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09.02. |
13.02. |
Literature
Basic:
J.B. Hartle, Gravity, An Introduction to Einstein's General Relativity, Addison-Wesley, 2003
H. Stephani, Relativity, An Introduction to Special and General Relativity, Cambridge, 2004
T. Fliessbach, Allgemeine Relativitaetstheorie, Spektrum, Heidelberg, 2006
More advanced:
S. Weinberg, Gravitation and Cosmology, Wiley, 1973
L.D. Landau, E.M. Lifshitz, The Classical Theory of Fields, Pergamon, 1983
Classic:
P.G. Bergmann, Introduction to the Theory of Relativity, Dover, 1976 (Prentice-Hall, 1942)
Monograph:
C.W. Misner, K.S. Thorne and J.A. Wheeler, Gravitation, W.H. Freeman, 1973
Links:
Lecture notes
Exercises
TUD Vorlesungsverzeichnis