Continuing where we left off in the last lecture, we bring you the second talk on General Relativity.

Sypnopsis

In this talk we will try to cover differential forms and the notions of metric, connections and curvature. Following that, if time allows, we shall delve into parallel transport.

Pre-Requisites

  1. UM-101, UM-102
  2. Lagrangian Formulation
  3. Special Relativity
  4. Previous Lecture or David Tong’s GR notes (all of Chapter 1 and till the end of Chapter 2.2)

Target Audience

Second and Third Years

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