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2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PHYS 356 - Introduction to Relativity 3 s.h.


Galilean transformation; the postulates of the Special Theory of Relativity (STR); Space-Time, Space-Time Diagrams, Simultaneity, Lorenz transformation; Four-Vectors and an introduction to tensors; STR as applied to mechanics, electricity and magnetism. Introduction to the General Theory of Relativity and Cosmology including “Black Holes.”
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Prerequisite(s): PHYS 205  and (MATH 276  completed or concurrent).