• Instructor contact info., course location, final date, outline of topics, list of reference books
• NOTE Change in office hours from WEDNESDAYS 2pm to MONDAYS 2pm
• NOTE THERE WILL BE AN IN CLASS FINAL ON Tuesday June 12 at 11:30am - 2:30pm, in Mayer Hall 2623 (normal classroom)

Reading in Shutz: A First Course General Relativity textbook:

1. April 3, 2012: Chapters 1 and 2
2. April 10, 2012: Chapters 3 and 4
3. April 17, 2012: Chapter 5
4. April 30, 2012: Chapter 6
5. May 4, 2012: Chapter 7
6. May 8, 2012: Chapter 8
7. May 10, 2012: Chapter 9, first 4 pages only (we'll come back to gravitational waves if we have time)
8. May 15, 2012: Chapter sections 10.1 to 10.5 only
9. May 23, 2012: Chapter 11
10. May 30, 2012: Chapter 12

1. Due Tues Apr 17, 2012: hw1.pdf
2. Due Tues Apr 24, 2012: hw2.pdf
3. Due Tues May 1, 2012: hw3.pdf
4. Due Tues May 8, 2012: hw4.pdf
5. Due Tues May 15, 2012: hw5.pdf
6. Due Tues May 22, 2012: hw6.pdf
7. Due Tues May 29, 2012: hw7.pdf
8. Due Never (optional assignment): hw8.pdf

1. Tue April 3, 2012: surveryor analogy notes with figures figure of surveyors