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    PX436 lecture list

    This is the approximate order of lectures and problems classes. Note the number of lectures vs problems classes may slip +/-1 either way and there may be some changes to the topics given here, although they will not be radically different.

    The second half of this timetable has changed slightly during the term - note the revised slots for problems classes IV and V.

    1. Introduction
    2. Special relativity I
    3. Special relativity II
    4. Vectors
    5. Tensors
    6. Stress-energy tensor
    7. Problems class I
    8. General coordinates
    9. Metrics
    10. The connection
    11. Parallel transport
    12. Geodesics
    13. Problems class II
    14. Curvature
    15. Einstein's field equations
    16. Schwarzschild geometry
    17. Schwarzschild equations of motion
    18. Schwarzschild orbits + Precession
    19. Photon orbits and Deflection of Light
    20. Schwarzschild black holes
    21. Problems class III
    22. Friedmann-Robertson-Walker metric
    23. Dynamics of the Universe
    24. Cosmological distances
    25. Problems class IV
    26. Linear GR
    27. Gravitational waves
    28. Detecting gravitational waves
    29. Problems class V
    30. Summary

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