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Newtonian Mechanics
What is the model of space in new...,
How is a point in space represent...,
What is the euclidean distance be...
33  cards
Minkowski Spacetime
What problem motivates minkowski ...,
What is spacetime 2,
What is an event in spacetime 3
40  cards
Lorentz and Poincare Transformations
What is a spacetime coordinate tr...,
What condition must a transformat...,
What is the transformation rule f...
32  cards
Relativistic Physical Effects
What causes relativistic physical...,
What is time dilation 2,
What is the lorentz boost used to...
21  cards
Relativistic Mechanics
What is a world line 1,
What condition defines a time lik...,
For a time like world line what c...
55  cards
Relativistic Continuum Mechanics
What is the world line of a point...,
What is the 4 velocity of a point...,
What equation of motion does a fr...
38  cards
Physical Ideas underlying GR
What is newton s law of gravitati...,
Why is newtonian gravity incompat...,
What happens to under a lorentz b...
25  cards
Elementary Differential Geometry
What is spacetime m in gr 1,
What describes an event in spacet...,
What is the key difference betwee...
65  cards
Physics in Curved Spacetime
What is a local inertial frame 1,
What happens to christoffel symbo...,
Why does g x 0 in a local inertia...
47  cards
Einstein's Field Equations
What is the goal of einstein s fi...,
What is the general form of einst...,
What properties must g have 3
37  cards
The Newtonian Limit of GR
What is the perturbed metric used...,
What assumption is made about h_ 2,
What is the approximate inverse m...
42  cards
Schwarszchild Spacetime
What is the only previously known...,
What physical scenario does t_ 0 ...,
What mass distribution is conside...
46  cards

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