by E. Tonni (2 credits, type B)
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Main topics
- Special relativity and flat space-time
- Manifolds and tensors
- Covariant derivatives and curvature tensors
- Einstein equations and Hilbert action
- Schwarzschild solution and black holes
- Black hole entropy
- Black hole formation
- Fields in curved backgrounds