Astronomy 260, Spring 2005

General Relativity

(The physics thing, not the guy from the army.)

Final Exam and Solutions.
Homework 5: Due at the beginning of class on Monday, April 25 (the last day of class). Solutions are Available
Homework 4: Due at the beginning of class on Friday, April 1 (for real). Solutions are Available.
Homework 3: Due at the beginning of class on Monday, February 28. Solutions are Available.
Homework 2: Due at the beginning of class on Friday, February 18. Solutions are Available.
Homework 1: Due at the beginning of class on Monday, January 25. Solutions are Available.

Group Problems 1 (2005/01/21) — Solutions
Group Problems 2 (2005/01/28)
Group Problems 3 (2005/02/04) — Solutions
Group Problems 4 (2005/02/11)
Group Problems 5 (2005/02/18)
Group Problems 6 (2005/02/25)
Group Problems 7 (2005/03/18)
Group Problems 8 (2005/04/01)
Group Problems 9 (2005/04/16)

Fri, 2005/04/15: OpenOffice.org — PDF
Mon, 2005/04/11: OpenOffice.org — PDF
Fri, 2005/03/25: OpenOffice.org — PDF
Mon, 2005/03/20: Euler Notebook (showing the equations numerically solved for precession)
Wed, 2005/02/21: OpenOffice.org — PDF
Wed, 2005/02/02: OpenOffice.org — PDF
Mon, 2005/01/31: OpenOffice.org — PDF
Mon, 2005/01/24: OpenOffice.org — PDF
Wed, 2005/01/19: OpenOffice.org — PDF
Mon, 2005/01/17: OpenOffice.org — PDF

Hyperbolic Angles and Lorentz Boosts

Some pages of handwritten notes that go through the connection of hyperbolic angles and hyperbolic rotations to Lorentz Transformations.

Euler

This is a matrix/math/numerical software package that works at least on Linux and Windows. Get it from:

Dr. Grothmann's site — the author. There are downloads for Linux and Windows, and you may be able to get the X11 source to compile on OSX.
Euler for GTK+ — a prettier version for Linux and Unix, which may also be compilable on OSX.