Albert Einstein |

Info/News |
[06.02.2019] |
You may now pick up your certificate/Schein by Mrs. Weiss. |
[29.01.2019] |
The 14th exercise sheet has been uploaded. |
[22.01.2019] |
The 13th exercise sheet has been uploaded. |
[15.01.2019] |
The 12th exercise sheet has been uploaded. |
[13.01.2019] |
Tomorrow's lecture is cancelled. |
[08.01.2019] |
The 11th exercise sheet has been uploaded. |
[19.12.2018] |
The 10th exercise sheet has been uploaded. |
[11.12.2018] |
The 9th exercise sheet has been uploaded. |
[04.12.2018] |
The 8th exercise sheet has been uploaded. |
[27.11.2018] |
The 7th exercise sheet has been uploaded. |
[20.11.2018] |
The 6th exercise sheet has been uploaded. |
[13.11.2018] |
The 5th exercise sheet has been uploaded. |
[06.11.2018] |
The 4th exercise sheet has been uploaded. |
[30.10.2018] |
The 3rd exercise sheet has been uploaded. |
[23.10.2018] |
The 2nd exercise sheet has been uploaded. |
[16.10.2018] |
The 1st exercise sheet has been uploaded. |
[11.10.2018] |
The 0th exercise sheet has been uploaded. This will be discussed in detail in the first exercise. |
[16.08.2018] |
This web-site is devoted to the lecture course "General Relativity" held at KIT in the winter semester 2018/2019. The main goal of the course is to give an introduction into General Relativity. |
[16.08.2018] |
This web-site is still under construction... |
Lectures |
Lecturer: |
Prof. Dr. Frans R. Klinkhamer |
Assistant: |
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Lecture time: |
Mondays 11:30 - 13:00 and Wednesdays 11:30 - 13:00 |
The first lecture is scheduled for 15.10.2018. |
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Lecture place: |
Seminar room 12.01 in the building 30.23 |
Language: |
Lectures will be given in English. |
Lecture Dates |
Monday |
Wednesday |
15.10.2018 & 17.10.2018 |
Yes |
Yes |
22.10.2018 & 24.10.2018 |
Yes |
No |
29.10.2018 & 31.10.2018 |
Yes |
Yes |
05.11.2018 & 07.11.2018 |
Yes |
Yes |
12.11.2018 & 14.11.2018 |
Yes |
Yes |
19.11.2018 & 21.11.2018 |
Yes |
Yes |
26.11.2018 & 28.11.2018 |
Yes |
Yes |
03.12.2018 & 05.12.2018 |
Yes |
Yes |
10.12.2018 & 12.12.2018 |
Yes |
No |
17.12.2018 & 19.12.2018 |
Yes |
Yes |
07.01.2019 & 09.01.2019 |
Yes |
No |
14.01.2019 & 16.01.2019 |
Cancelled |
Cancelled |
21.01.2019 & 23.01.2019 |
No |
Yes |
28.01.2019 & 30.01.2019 |
No |
Yes |
04.02.2019 & 06.02.2019 |
Yes |
Yes |
Exercises |
Tutor: |
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Tutorial time: |
Tuesdays 15:45 - 17:15 |
The first exercise is scheduled for 16.10.2018. |
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Tutorial place: |
Seminar room 12.01 in the building 30.23 |
Handing-in: |
Solutions to the exercise sheets need to be handed in on
Mondays at 11:00 o'clock sharp to the mailbox on the ground floor of 30.23. If
you do that later, your solutions will be not considered.
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Language: |
Exercises will be given in English. |
Handing-in |
Discussion |
Exercise Sheet |
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0 |
16.10.2018 |
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1 |
22.10.2018 |
23.10.2018 |
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2 |
29.10.2018 |
30.10.2018 |
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3 |
05.11.2018 |
06.11.2018 |
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4 |
12.11.2018 |
13.11.2018 |
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5 |
19.11.2018 |
20.11.2018 |
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6 |
26.11.2018 |
27.11.2018 |
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7 |
03.12.2018 |
04.12.2018 |
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8 |
10.12.2018 |
11.12.2018 |
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9 |
17.12.2018 |
18.12.2018 |
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10 |
07.01.2019 |
08.01.2019 |
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11 |
14.01.2019 |
15.01.2019 |
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12 |
21.01.2019 |
22.01.2019 |
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13 |
28.01.2019 |
29.01.2019 |
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14 |
04.02.2019 |
05.02.2019 |
Certificate |
You can get a certificate (Schein) at the end of the course if you have passed the exercises, i.e., have obtained 50% of the total exercise points. |
Literature |
C. Misner et.al. |
Gravitation (W.H. Freeman and Co., 1973) |
B. Schutz |
A First Course in General Relativity (CUP, 2009) |
R. Wald |
General Relativity (University of Chicago Press, 1984) |
S. Weinberg |
Gravitation and Cosmology (J. Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1972) |