Special and General Relativity, and an Introduction to Mathematical Methods in Physics


Physics 225, Summer 2018

Lecture (50 minutes): Loomis 222, Mondays, Thursdays at 10 am

Discussion section (110 minutes): Loomis 222, Mondays, Thursdays at 1 pm

2 credit hours


    Notable dates


  • • First lecture and discussion section: Monday, June 11.
  • • First homework due: 1:00 pm Thursday, June 14.
  • • First midterm exam: in lecture, Monday, July 2. Coverage: units 1 - 5.
  • • Holiday: July 4.
  • • Units 6 and 7 homework due: July 5.
  • • Second midterm exam: in lecture, Thursday, July 19. Coverage: units 6 - 10.
  • • Units 11 and 12 homework due: July 23.
  • • Last lecture and discussion section: Thursday, July 26.
  • • Last (formally scheduled) office hours: Friday, July 27.
  • • Final exam: Monday, July 30, during normal lecture and discussion section times; Loomis 222.

Homework due dates


Unit, lecture date Due date (full credit) Late due date (50% credit) Comments
1, 6/11
Thursday, 6/14
Monday, 6/18
 
2, 6/14
Monday, 6/18
Thursday, 6/21
 
3, 6/18
Thursday, 6/21
Monday, 6/25
 
4, 6/21
Monday, 6/25
Thursday, 6/28
 
5, 6/25
Thursday, 6/28
no late HW accepted
HW solutions posted 6/29
6, 6/28
Thursday, 7/5
Monday, 7/9
 
7, 7/2
Thursday, 7/5
Monday, 7/9
Exam 1 in lecture
8, 7/5
Monday, 7/9
Thursday, 7/12
 
9, 7/9
Thursday, 7/12
Monday, 7/16
 
10, 7/12
Monday, 7/16
no late HW accepted
HW solutions posted 7/17
11, 7/16
Monday, 7/23
Thursday, 7/26
 
12, 7/19
Monday, 7/23
Thursday, 7/26
Exam 2 in lecture
13, 7/23
Thursday, 7/26
Monday, 7/30
 
14, 7/26
Monday, 7/30
no late HW accepted
HW solutions posted 7/30
final exam, 7/30
 
 
Loomis 222



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, 2018.