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Date: 2012-02-08 15:24:21 Time Principle of relativity General relativity Lorentz transformation Theory of relativity Classical mechanics Time dilation Equivalence principle Galilean transformation Physics Relativity Special relativity		Table of Contents Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix Prologue: Outrageous closing ceremony . . . . . . . . . . Add to Reading List Source URL: www.nostarch.com Download Document from Source Website File Size: 104,21 KB Share Document on Facebook

	Chapter 11 Relativity (Kinematics) Copyright 2007 by David Morin, [removed] (draft version) We now come to Einstein’s theory of Relativity. This is where we find out that everything DocID: X4LU - View Document
	Week 2 (due Jan. 23) Reading: Srednicki, sections 33,34,[removed]The Hodge star operator on antisymmetric second rank tensors is defined as 1 (⋆a)µν = gµρ gνσ ǫρσαβ aαβ . DocID: Ew4y - View Document
	Week 1 (due Jan. 15) Reading: Srednicki, sections 33, 34, [removed]The Hodge star operator on antisymmetric second rank tensors is defined as 1 (?a)µν = gµρ gνσ ρσαβ aαβ . DocID: DBo2 - View Document
	Week 1 (due Jan[removed]20pts) Consider Lorenz group in three-dimensional space-time (i.e. one timelike direction, two spacelike directions). Show that the group is three-dimensional. Construct a 2-1 homomorphism from S DocID: DdOv - View Document
	Table of Contents Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix Prologue: Outrageous closing ceremony . . . . . . . . . . DocID: xOIo - View Document