General Relativity: August-December 2009

This is a graduate course at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, intended primarily for students in the Department of Theoretical Physics. All TIFR students are welcome to attend.

Several textbooks will be used during the course. A list of textbooks on this subject can be found here or by visiting the links section.

One book I might end up following closely is ''General Relativity'' by Robert Wald. The list of contents of this book is a reasonable guide to what I intend to present in the course:

• Introduction
• Manifolds and Tensor Fields
• Curvature
• Einstein's Equation
• The Schwarzschild Solution
• Homogeneous, Isotropic Cosmology

If there is time left I will teach a few selected advanced topics.

• Assignment 1. Assigned September 8, due September 17.
• Assignment 2. Assigned October 15, due October 24.
• Assignment 3. Assigned November 22, due December 7.

• Lecture 1: 6 August, 2009
• Lecture 2: 11 August, 2009
• Lecture 3: 13 August, 2009
• Lecture 4: 18 August, 2009
• Lecture 5: 25 August, 2009
• Lecture 6: 1 September, 2009
• Lecture 7: 3 September, 2009
• Lecture 8: 15 September, 2009
• Lecture 9: 17 September, 2009
• Lecture 10: 29 September, 2009
• Lecture 11: 1 October, 2009
• Lecture 12: 6 October, 2009
• Lecture 13: 8 October, 2009
• Lecture 14: 13 October, 2009
• Lecture 15: 15 October, 2009
• Lecture 16: 20 October, 2009
• Lecture 17: 22 October, 2009
• Lecture 18: 27 October, 2009
• Lecture 19: 29 October, 2009
• Lecture 20: 3 November, 2009
• Lecture 21: 5 November, 2009
• Lecture 22: 12 November, 2009

• Lecture 1: 6 August, 2009 (303 MB)
• Lecture 2: 11 August, 2009 (573 MB)
• Lecture 3: 13 August, 2009 (472 MB)
• Lecture 4: 18 August, 2009 (534 MB)
• Lecture 5: 25 August, 2009 (546 MB)
• Lecture 6: 1 September, 2009 (523 MB)
• Lecture 7: 3 September, 2009 (331 MB)
• Guest lecture by Nitin Nitsure: 8 September, 2009 (546 MB)
• Guest lecture by Nitin Nitsure: 10 September, 2009 (587 MB)
• Lecture 8: 15 September, 2009 (588 MB)
• Lecture 9: 17 September, 2009 (450 MB)
• Lecture 10: 29 September, 2009 (455 MB)
• Lecture 11: 01 October, 2009 (519 MB)
• Lecture 12: 06 October, 2009 (367 MB)
• Lecture 13: 08 October, 2009 (488 MB)
• Lecture 14: 13 October, 2009 (550 MB. I adjusted the video camera myself on this day and got it wrong! Only the LHS of the board is visible - sorry.)
• Lecture 15: 15 October, 2009 (544 MB)
• Lecture 16: 20 October, 2009 (536 MB)
• Lecture 17: 22 October, 2009 (538 MB)
• Lecture 18: 27 October, 2009 (569 MB)
• Lecture 19: 29 October, 2009 (522 MB)
• Lecture 20: 03 November, 2009 (413 MB)
• Lecture 21: 05 November, 2009 (476 MB)
• Lecture 22: 12 November, 2009 (566 MB)