6565 (v.5) Physics 502

Area:	Department of Applied Physics
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	4.0

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Lecture:	2 x 2 Hours Weekly

Syllabus:	Contravariant and Covariant tensors. The Einstein summation convention. Lorentz space. Symmetric and antisymmetric tensors. The gradient, divergence, curl and Alembertian operators applied to tensors. The order of a tensor. The metric tensor. Rectilinearand curvilinear coordinates. The Einstein tensor. The line element for various coordinate systems. Converting from one coordinate system to another, that is, cartesian to spherical. Flat space and Riemannian space. Christoffel symbols or connection coefficients. The curvature tensor. The Ricci tensor. The principle of equivalence and its implications.

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Field of Education:	010301 Physics
Funding Cluster:	08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Informational *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark
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