PHY 475 - General Relativity

Institution:

Grand Valley State University

Subject:

Description:

A comprehensive treatment of special relativity including the notion of four vectors on Minkowski space time. An introduction to curved space time including Geodesics and classic tests of general relativity. Applications include black hole physics, cosmology, Einstein's equations and more. Offered winter semester. Prerequisites: MTH 304, PHY 302, and PHY 330.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

Prerequisites: MTH 304, PHY 302, and PHY 330.

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Instructional Type:

Other

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Institution Website:

www.gvsu.edu

Phone Number:

(616) 331-2020

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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