Special and General Relativity, and an Introduction to Mathematical Methods in Physics
Physics 225, Fall 2017
Lecture (50 minutes): Loomis 151, Tuesdays at 4 pm
Discussion section (110 minutes): Loomis 158, Wednesdays at 4 pm, 6 pm, 8 pm; Fridays at noon, 2 pm, 4 pm, 6 pm
2 credit hours
Optional exam review session: Loomis 151, 1 pm - 2 pm, December 14.
Final exam: Saturday evening, December 16. Please arrive by 5:15 pm; we will distribute the exam at 5:30. Students attending Wednesday discussion sections: 151 Loomis. Students attending Friday discussion sections: 1320 Digital Computer Laboratory.
Course staff and office hours
Instructor: George Gollin, Professor of Physics. (lecture + section D3R)
• Office: Loomis 437d, (217) 333-4451.
• Office hours: Tuesdays, 2 pm - 4 pm. Feel free to stop by
at other times. When possible, email me first.
Teaching assistant #1:
Varsha Subramanyan. (sections D3U, D5J, D5M)
• Office: 4105 Engineering Sciences Building.
• Office hours: Mondays, 4 pm - 5 pm.
Teaching assistant #2:
Manthos Karydas. (sections D3Y, D5R, D5U)
• Office: Loomis 426.
• Office hours: Tuesdays, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm.
Grader #1:
Somang Kim.
• Office: Loomis 204, for the time being.
• Office hours: By appointment.
• grades HW/problem:
HW1/1 HW2/2 HW3/3 HW4/4 HW5/bookkeeping HW6/1 HW7/2 HW8/3 HW9/4 HW10/bookkeeping HW11/1 HW12/2 HW13/3 HW14/4
Grader #2:
Pin-Yi Li.
• Office: TBA.
• Office hours: By appointment.
• grades HW/problem:
HW1/2 HW2/3 HW3/4 HW4/bookkeeping HW5/1 HW6/2 HW7/3 HW8/4 HW9/bookkeeping HW10/1 HW11/2 HW12/3 HW13/4 HW14/bookkeeping
Grader #3:
Leslie Ross.
• Office: Loomis 227.
• Office hours: By appointment.
• grades HW/problem:
HW1/3 HW2/4 HW3/bookkeeping HW4/1 HW5/2 HW6/3 HW7/4 HW8/bookkeeping HW9/1 HW10/2 HW11/3 HW12/4 HW13/bookkeeping HW14/1
Grader #4:
Ye Zhuang.
• Office: 3143 Engineering Sciences Building.
• Office hours: By appointment.
• grades HW/problem:
HW1/4 HW2/bookkeeping HW3/1 HW4/2 HW5/3 HW6/4 HW7/bookkeeping HW8/1 HW9/2 HW10/3 HW11/4 HW12/bookkeeping HW13/1 HW14/2
Grader #4:
Bikash Padhi.
• Office: 4101 Engineering Sciences Building.
• Office hours: By appointment.
• grades HW/problem:
HW1/bookkeeping HW2/1 HW3/2 HW4/3 HW5/4 HW6/bookkeeping HW7/1 HW8/2 HW9/3 HW10/4 HW11/bookkeeping HW12/1 HW13/2 HW14/3
Simulating eXtreme Spacetimes [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Unless otherwise noted, all material copyright George Gollin, University of Illinois, 2017.