While this is not a bad thing, ample appreciation is oftentimes not given where Next the Lagrangian formu- General relativity (GR) is the most beautiful physical theory ever invented. The solutions were used as a learning-tool for students in the introductory undergraduate course Physics 200 Relativity and Quanta given by Malcolm McMillan at UBC during the 1998 and 1999 Winter Sessions. Nevertheless, it has a reputation of being extremely difficult, primarily for two reasons: tensors are ev-erywhere, and spacetime is curved. The book covers the transition from Newtonian to Einsteinian behaviour for electrons, the relativistic expressions for mass, momentum and energy of particles. If you have hoped to understand the physics of Lorentz contraction, time dilation, the "twin paradox", and E=mc2, you're in the right place.AcknowledgementsProf. 1 Origins of Relativity When hearing the words \theory of relativity," most immediately think of the equation E= mc2, or Albert Einstein. These two facts force GR people to use a different language than everyone else, which makes the theory somewhat inaccessible. Given here are solutions to 24 problems in Special Relativity. This course introduces the basic ideas and equations of Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity. SPECIAL RELATIVITY Introduction. 5.1 Spacetime Diagrams A brilliant aid in understanding special relativity is the Surveyor’s parable introduced by Taylor and Wheeler [1, 2]. Much of the material is at a level suitable for high school students who have had advanced placement in physics and mathematics. Suppose a town has daytime sur-veyors, who determine North and East with a compass, nighttime surveyors, the Special Theory of Relativity which is accessible to any stu dent who has had an introduction to general physics and some slight acquaintance with the calculus. We have already had occasion to note that “Maxwell’s trick” implied—tacitly but inevitably—the abandonment of Galilean relativity.We have seen how this development came about (it was born of Maxwell’s desire to preserve charge conservation), and can readily appreciate its revolutionary significance,for Special Relativity in Tensor Notation c Joel C. Corbo, 2005 This set of notes accompanied the second in a series of “fun” lectures about rel-ativity given during the Fall 2005 Physics H7C course at UC Berkeley. A self-contained introduction to special relativity for students who have completed an introduction to classical mechanics. Since some of the exposi Relativity and unveil the fascinating properties of black holes, one of the most celebrated predictions of mathematical physics. The course will start with a self-contained introduction to special relativity and then proceed to the more general setting of Lorentzian manifolds. 1.14 Preview of general relativity 20 1.15 Caveats on the equivalence principle 22 1.16 Gravitational frequency shift and light bending 24 Exercises 1 27 I Special Relativity 31 2 Foundations of special relativity; The Lorentz transformation 33 2.1 On the nature of physical theories 33 2.2 Basic features of special relativity 34 Special Relativity In which it is shown that special relativity is just hyperbolic geometry. Knuteson wishes to acknowledge that this course was originally designed and taught by Prof. Robert Jaffe. It is an introduction to the tensor formulation of special relativity and is meant for under- The Mathematics of Special Relativity Jared Ruiz Advised by Dr. Steven Kent May 7, 2009 1.