- 12.01: Homework Assignment #7 (optional): The four problems listed here.
- 11.29: Homework Assignment #6 (revised): Choose any four from the following Chapter 5 problems om Carroll's book: 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5. Due Friday, December 2.
- 11.7: Syllabus: The syllabus posted on this website has been updated to reflect the changes we discussed in class. Instead of student presentations in the last week of classes and a final exam the following week, we will have classes during the week of Nov 28 – Dec 2, and student presentations the following week. Instead of a final exam there will be one quiz per week in the last three weeks.
- 10.25: Homework Assignment #5: Show that all traces of the Weyl tensor vanish, and Problems 3.9, 4.1 and 4.2 from Carroll's book. Due Tuesday, November 8.
- 10.18: Homework Assignment #4: Prove Eqs. (3.33) and (3.34) in Carroll's book, and Problems 3.3, 3.6, 2.8 from Carroll's book. Due Tuesday, October 25.
- 09.30: Homework Assignment #3: The four problems listed here.
- 09.13: Homework Assignment #2: Problems 1.10, 1.11, 2.4, 2.5 from Carroll's book.
- 08.28: Homework Assignment #1: The four problems listed here.
- 08.23: Office Hours: As discussed in class, the office hours for this course will be on Mondays and Thursdays from 10:45 to 11:40 (though we may have said 11:45 :-) Room 104 is occupied by other classes at that time, so I will find some other available room.
- 08.22: First Class: The class will meet in Lewis 104, on TTh at 9:30–10:45 am;
Our first meeting will be on Tuesday, August 23rd.
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