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Institute for Theoretical Physics
Department of Physics

Relativity and Cosmology I 53110  |  Winter term 2015/16 Prof. Dr. Claus Kiefer Mondays, 16:00-17:30, and Wednesdays, 10:00-11:30, in the seminar room of the Institute for Theoretical Physics Start: October 19, 2015 Master core course within the Primary Area of Specialization GR-QFT »  Contents of the lecture

Exercise classes

Organization:	Branislav Nikolic (office: 3.04 new building TP) and Patrick Wong (office: 2.02 new building TP)
Time and place:	Group A: Thursdays, 14:00-15:30, in Room 1 of the new building TP On January 21, the exercise class will be held in the theory seminar room of the old building Group B: Thursdays, 16:15-17:45, in the seminar room of Nuclear Physics Institute (basement) Start: October 29, 2015 Important: If your name is misspelled or misplaced, please contact Branislav Nikolic!

Exercise sheets

New exercise sheets will be released each Wednesday before noon and can be downloaded below.
A limited amount of copies will also be put in the respective shelf next to the entrance of the Institute for Theoretical Physics.
The solutions to the exercises have to be handed in one week later during the exercise class by each student individually.
The exercises are usually discussed one week after the respective deadline.

No.	Release	Deadline	Discussion
Exercise sheet 1	October 21	October 29	November 5
Exercise sheet 2	October 28	November 5	November 12
Exercise sheet 3	November 4	November 12	November 19	Updated!
Exercise sheet 4	November 11	November 19	November 26
Exercise sheet 5	November 18	November 26	December 3
Exercise sheet 6	November 25	December 3	December 10
Exercise sheet 7	December 2	December 10	December 17
Exercise sheet 8	December 9	December 17	January 7
Exercise sheet 9	December 16	January 7	January 14
Exercise sheet 10	January 13	January 21	January 28
Exercise sheet 11	January 20	January 28	February 4
Exercise sheet 12	January 27	February 4	February 11	Last exercise sheet

Criteria for passing the course

• Active participation in the exercise class, i.e. presenting a solution to an exercise at least twice.
• At least 50 % of the credit points from the exercises.

Forum of relativity

Organization:  Branislav Nikolic

Next session:  Wednesday, January 27th - look for me in my office

This is an event happening at spacetime coordinates ( t, x ) = ( Wednesdays 16h, Hörsaal III ) where you can ask any questions, either regarding lectures or exercise sheets - if there was anything left unclear - or regarding anything that you are interested discussing about. It is meant to be a relaxed and informal discussion place, where we can easily exchange ideas, thoughts, and ask daring questions about General Relativity (and beyond!). It is a place where we all ask questions and we all try to answer them.

Literature

• J. B. Hartle, Gravity (Addison-Wesley)
• S. Carroll, Spacetime and Geometry: An Introduction to General Relativity (Addison-Wesley)
• C. Misner, K. Thorne, J. A. Wheeler, Gravitation (W. H. Freeman)

Further reading

• R. M. Wald, General Relativity (University of Chicago Press)
• W. Rindler, Relativity: Special, General, and Cosmological (Oxford University Press)
• R. d’Inverno, Introducing Einstein's Relativity (Oxford University Press)
• N. Straumann, General Relativity (Springer)