151618400 GENERAL RELATIVITY ( 3 Crd.Hrs )

Revision of Special Relativity and Lorentz transformation; Differential Geometry with Applications to General Relativity; Tensor Algebra; Integrals, Densities, Derivatives and Covariant Derivatives; Schwartzchild solutions; The Notion of Parallel Transport; The Curvature Tensor; The Geodsics of an Affine Connection; The basic principles of Einstein's general theory of relativity; The Law of Gravitation; Conservation Laws and Variational Principles in General Relativity; Weak Fields; Gravitational Waves and Lensing; experimental tests of general relativity; Black Holes and Compact Objects, and Cosmology.