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Advanced General Relativity

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Course ID:	1102-5AGR
Erasmus code / ISCED:	(unknown) / (unknown)
Course title:	Advanced General Relativity
Name in Polish:	Advanced General Relativity
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Physics
Course groups:	(in Polish) Physics (Studies in English), 2nd cycle; courses from list "Topics in Contemporary Physics" (in Polish) Physics (Studies in English); 2nd cycle Physics (2nd cycle); courses from list "Selected Problems of Modern Physics"
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	6.00 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.
Language:	English
Main fields of studies for MISMaP:	mathematics physics
Type of course:	elective courses
Prerequisites (description):	Knowledge of the Einstein theory at the level of lectures General Relativity is expected. The course requires solid knowledge of physics, calculus and algebra taught during the first cycle studies. Required courses: Fizyka I, Fizyka II, Fizyka III, Mechanika klasyczna, Analiza I, Analiza II, Analiza III, Algebra z geometrią I, Algebra z geometrią II, Ogólna teoria względności I or General Relativity. Not required but helpful courses: Elektrodynamika, Geometria różniczkowa, Teoria grup w fizyce.
Mode:	Classroom
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Learning outcomes:
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Rules of passing the course: 1. attendance at 30 hours of the lecture or the classes or both; 2. passing the examination, which will consist of a written and an oral part.
Internships:	none

Classes in period "Summer semester 2025/26" (future)

Time span:	2026-02-16 - 2026-06-07	Selected timetable range: weekly course term Go to timetable MO TU W TH WYK FR CW
Type of class:	Classes, 30 hours more information Lecture, 30 hours more information
Coordinators:	Andrzej Okołów
Group instructors:	Andrzej Okołów
Students list:	(inaccessible to you)
Credit:	Course - Examination Lecture - Examination
Short description:	This is the second course on general relativity covering some advanced topics and ones that could not be discussed in the first course, General Relativity 1100-GR.
Full description:	Course plan: 1. Lagrangian formulations of GR. 2. Teleparalell Equivalent of GR. 3. Hamiltonian formulations of GR. 4. Initial value problem. 5. Gravitational time dilation. 6. Some exact solutions to Einstein's equation.
Bibliography:	1. Robert M. Wald "General Relativity"; 2. Jerry B. Griffiths. Jiri Podolsky "Exact Space-Times in Einstein’s General Relativity"

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