patrick r brady

Physics 517: Special Relativity (Spring 2000)

General Information

General Information

	Meeting times	MW 15:30-16:45 in Physics 152
	Instructor	Patrick Brady
	Office	Phys 472
	Phone	414-229-6508
	E-mail	patrick@gravity.phys.uwm.edu
	Office hours	TR 10:30-12:00

	Text	Introduction to special relativity (Oxford, 2nd Edition) by W. Rindler

Short description

The course will cover foundations of special relativity, relativistic kinematics, the lorentz transformation, tensor calculus, applications to motion of particles, and electromagnetism. [Detailed syllabus]

Grading

	Assignments		40%
	Mid-term	Based on classwork and assignments	25%
	Final Exam	Based on classwork and assignments	35%

Assignments

	Assignment #1	due on 16 February 2000
	Assignment #2	due on 23 February 2000
	Assignment #3	due on 7 March 2000

Links

Andrew Hamilton at Univ. of Colorado has a good page on Special Relativity

Patricia Schwartz at Caltech has several interesting page including Spacetime 101

Ned Wright's Relativity Tutorial

John Baez maintains the Usenet Relativity FAQ

Rob Salgado's The Light Cone - An Introduction to Relativity

Page created on: Sun Jan 23 16:37:08 CST 2000 by patrick

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