Assignments

Students have one week to complete assignments, which are due in the sessions noted below.

Lec # Topics Assignments

6

Introduction and Relativity Pre-Einstein

Einstein's Principle of Relativity and a New Concept of Spacetime

The Kinematic Consequences of Special Relativity Foundation for Spacetime

Problem Set 1 (PDF)

10

The Kinematic Consequences of Special Relativity Foundation for Spacetime

Velocity Addition and other Differential Transformations

Kinematics and "Paradoxes"

Problem Set 2 (PDF)

14

The Doppler Effect

Kinematics and "Paradoxes"

Relativistic Energy and Momentum

Relativistic Collisions and Decays

Problem Set 3 (PDF)

17

Relativistic Collisions and Decays

Four Vectors and Transformation Properties

The Lorentz Transformation of Energy and Momentum

Invariants

The Equivalence Principle

Looking Forward to General Relativity

Problem Set 4 (PDF)