Gravitational Waves

WEEK 2: OVERVIEW OF GW SCIENCE [concluded]; INTRODUCTION TO GENERAL RELATIVITY

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Lecture 3: Overview of GW Science (concluded); Introduction to General Relativity

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Lecture 4: Introduction to General Relativity [continued]

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Suggested Reading and Exercises:

• assignment 2
• solutions to the exercises:
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• page 2
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• page 11