Syllabus
Foundations of general relativity. Differential geometry: manifolds, tensors, connections, curvature. Einstein’s equations. Schwarzschild and Kerr solutions. Gravitational waves. Cosmology.
Bibliography
- S. M. Carroll, Spacetime and Geometry, Cambridge (2019)
- R. M. Wald, General Relativity, Chicago (1984)
- B. Schutz, A First Course in General Relativity, Cambridge (2009)