Archive:Study Group For Relativity

Introduction

This is an experimental course format and aims for a decentralized self-study course on Relativity. This page was started by me (jhouse), but I am not an authority on this topic.

There is no intention to recruit teachers to design a study plan, create/grade assignments, or provide insightful guidance. Instead this is intended to be a study group on the topic of Relativity. Regardless of how much you know coming into this, the hope is that study group memebers will take the following responsibilities:

• Ask questions about topics that you're currently interested in
• Provide your best guess as to the answer questions posted by others
• Point out how posted answers conflict with your current understanding

Members

Discussion Group Members

• jhouse - Current Interests: General Relativity, tensors
• Gonzo - Current Interests: General Relativity, tensors, M-Theory, Sychronization

Authorities Offering Help (please include some kind of contact info)

Discussion Pages

There are a number of course design issues that should be resolved before starting this section. Please click on the [[Talk:Wikiversity:Study_Group_For_Relativity|discussion tab at the top of this page]].

Syllabus

This is still a work in progress. Edit it as you like (add detail, reorder, etc)

• Special Relativity
  • Michelson-Morley experiment
  • Postulates of Relativity
  • Einstein's Gedanken Experiments
  • Concequences of Special Relativity
    • Simultaneity and Causality
    • Lorentz Transformations
    • Mass and Energy
    • Space-Time Geometry
• General Relativity
  • Tensors

Tangent Modules

• Prediction & Implication of Antiparticles

Wikiversity:Study Group For Relativity:Proof of Antiparticles