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UCI Physics 255 Einstein's General Relativity and Gravitation (Spring 2014)
Lec 08. Einstein's General Relativity and Gravitation -- General Relativity -- Part 4
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Instructor: Herbert W. Hamber, Ph.D.

Description: Principle of General Covariance. Local versus Global Invariances, Gauge Fields and the QED Analogy, General Structure of Invariant Equations, Tensor Algebra, Raising and Lowering of Indices, Contractions, Tensor Densities, Space-Time Volume Element, Transformation Properties of the Affine Connection, General Coordinate Invariance of the Equation of Free Fall.