33-213 Mini-Course in Special Relativity

Units: 4.0 Department: Physics Prerequisites: 33-112 or 33-132 Related URLs: http://www.phys.cmu.edu/ This course spans the first six weeks of 33-211, Physics III: Modern Essentials. It treats the Mechanics aspects of Special Relativity, including topics such as simultaneity, the Lorentz transformation, time dilation, length contraction, space-time geometry, resolving some famous puzzles, and the momentum, mass, and energy relations. The Electricity and Magnetism portions of the subject are deferred until the junior/senior courses in E&M (33-338/33-339).

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Spring 2005 times

Sec	Time	Day	Instructor	Location
A3	9:30 - 10:20 am	M	Peterson	WEH 5403
		W	Peterson	WEH 5403
		R	Peterson	DH 2315
		F	Peterson	WEH 5403