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== Syllabus ==
== Syllabus ==
This is still a work in progress.  Edit it as you like (add detail, reorder, etc)
This is still a work in progress.  Edit it as you like (add detail, reorder, etc)
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* Special Relativity
* Special Relativity
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<td>overview</td>
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[[wikipedia:Michelson-Morley experiment|overview]]
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::* Space-Time Geometry
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Revision as of 20:02, 24 August 2005

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.

Individual Responsibilities

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

Goals of this Course

This is as much a relativity learning excercise as it is an exercise in learning how to do decentralized, self-organized courses online. Wikibooks and many other online sources can give you a self-teaching material, but that is not the goal here. This course aims to foster a collaborative working environment among the individual members. Any official reference material created by this course may be a mistake, but I anticipate much of it to reference other authorites on the topic(s) discussed. Jhouse 15:28, 17 August 2005 (UTC)

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

overview

discussion

Tangent Modules

  • Prediction & Implication of Antiparticles

Wikiversity:Study Group For Relativity:Proof of Antiparticles