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8.033 Relativity, Fall 2003

dc.contributor.authorRappaport, S. A., 1942-en_US
dc.coverage.temporalFall 2003en_US
dc.date.issued2003-12
dc.identifier8.033-Fall2003
dc.identifierlocal: 8.033
dc.identifierlocal: IMSCP-MD5-40c95128b02c8132b554fadca146c98f
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/39131
dc.description.abstractNormally taken by physics majors in their sophomore year. Einstein's postulates; consequences for simultaneity, time dilation, length contraction, clock synchronization; Lorentz transformation; relativistic effects and paradoxes; Minkowski diagrams; invariants and four-vectors; momentum, energy and mass; particle collisions. Relativity and electricity; Coulomb's law; magnetic fields. Brief introduction to Newtonian cosmology. Introduction to some concepts of General Relativity; principle of equivalence. The Schwarzchild metric; gravitational red shift, particle and light trajectories, geodesics, Shapiro delay.en_US
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dc.subjectEinstein's postulatesen_US
dc.subjectconsequences for simultaneity, time dilation, length contraction, clock synchronizationen_US
dc.subjectLorentz transformationen_US
dc.subjectMinkowski diagramsen_US
dc.subjectparticle collisionsen_US
dc.subjectCoulomb's lawen_US
dc.subjectmagnetic fieldsen_US
dc.subjectNewtonian cosmologyen_US
dc.subjectGeneral Relativityen_US
dc.subjectgravitational red shiften_US
dc.subjectparticle trajectoriesen_US
dc.subjectlight trajectoriesen_US
dc.subjectinvariantsen_US
dc.subjectfour-vectorsen_US
dc.subjectmomentumen_US
dc.subjectenergyen_US
dc.subjectmassen_US
dc.subjectrelativistic effectsen_US
dc.subjectparadoxesen_US
dc.subjectelectricityen_US
dc.subjecttime dilationen_US
dc.subjectlength contractionen_US
dc.subjectclock synchronizationen_US
dc.subjectSchwarzchild metricen_US
dc.subjectgeodesicsen_US
dc.subjectShaprio delayen_US
dc.subjectrelativistic kinematicsen_US
dc.subjectrelativistic dynamicsen_US
dc.subjectelectromagnetismen_US
dc.subjecthubble expansionen_US
dc.subjectuniverseen_US
dc.subjectequivalence principleen_US
dc.subjectcurved space timeen_US
dc.subjectEther Theoryen_US
dc.subjectconstantsen_US
dc.subjectspeed of lighten_US
dc.subjectcen_US
dc.subjectgraphen_US
dc.subjectpythagorem theoremen_US
dc.subjecttriangleen_US
dc.subjectarrowsen_US
dc.subjectRelativityen_US
dc.title8.033 Relativity, Fall 2003en_US
dc.title.alternativeRelativityen_US


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