General Relativity Tutorials

Designed by a Graduate Student
for
Graduate Students

by
Kristen Wecht

I designed the following general relativity tutorials for beginning graduate students in general relativity. My goal here is to fill in the missing steps between the equations in popular text books on the subject.

• How to Linearize Einstein's Field Equations (PDF format)
• How to Construct a Coordinate System That Simplifies the Linearized Field Equations (Work in progress)
• How to Make Physical Predictions Using the Simplified Linearized Field Equations (Work in progress)

Questions or comments? email: Kristen Wecht