MU:MU03257 General Relativity II - Course Information
MU03257 Mathematical Foundations of the General Theory of Relativity II
Mathematical Institute in OpavaSummer 2017
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Guaranteed by
- doc. RNDr. Michal Marvan, CSc.
Mathematical Institute in Opava - Prerequisites (in Czech)
- MU03256 General Relativity I
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Geometry and Global Analysis (programme MU, N1101)
- Mathematical Analysis (programme MU, M1101)
- Mathematical Analysis (programme MU, N1101)
- Course objectives
- Mathematical tools and methods of use in General Theory of Relativity.
- Syllabus
- Vacuum Einstein equations, Schwarzschild solution.
Ernst equation, solution methods, Kerr solution.
Petrov classification.
Maxwell-Einstein-Hodge theory of elektromagnetic field.
- Vacuum Einstein equations, Schwarzschild solution.
- Literature
- recommended literature
- M. Kriele. Spacetime: Foundations of General Relativity and Differential Geometry. 1999. ISBN 978-3540663775. info
- J. Novotný. Natural Variational Principles in Physics. Silesian University, Opava, 1998. info
- J. K. Beem, P. E. Ehrlich, K. L. Easley. Global Lorentzian geometry. Marcel Dekker, New York, 1996. info
- S. W. Hawking, G. F. R. Ellis. The large scale structure of space-time. Cambridge University Press, 1973. info
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
- Teacher's information
- Oral examination.
- Enrolment Statistics (Summer 2017, recent)
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