 | Study programme 2019-2020 | Français | |
| Newtonian and Relativistic Mechanics (part A) | |||
Learning Activity |
| Code | Lecturer(s) | Associate Lecturer(s) | Subsitute Lecturer(s) et other(s) | Establishment |
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| S-PHYS-011 |
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| Language of instruction | Language of assessment | HT(*) | HTPE(*) | HTPS(*) | HR(*) | HD(*) | Term |
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| Français | Français | 25 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Q1 |
| Organisational online arrangements for the end of Q3 2019-2020 assessments (Covid-19) |
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| Description of the modifications to the Q3 2019-2020 online assessment procedures (Covid-19) |
| Oral examination about the theory seen during the lectures, via Teams. You can have your notes. Questions will be drawn at random and you will answer them without preparing. These will be short thinking questions without long mathematical developments. The duration of the examination will be between 20 and 30 minutes. |
Content of Learning Activity
Tensor calculus
Vector spaces
Tensors and tensor product
Scalar and vector products
Systems of coordinates
Differential operators
Special relativity
Space, time and mass
Lorentz transformations
Lorentz diagrams
Time dilation and length contraction
Minkowski space-time
4-vectors
Equivalence of mass and energy
Particle collisions
Required Learning Resources/Tools
Not applicable
Recommended Reading
Note de cours - Partie 2 - Mécanique newtonienne et relativiste - 1 - Claude Semay
,Note de cours - Partie 1 - Mécanique newtonienne et relativiste - 1 - Claude Semay
,Note de cours - Partie 3 - Mécanique newtonienne et relativiste - 1 - Claude Semay
Recommended Learning Resources/Tools
C. Semay et B. Silvestre-Brac, Introduction au calcul tensoriel, Dunod, 2007 (disponible en bibliothèque)
C. Semay et B. Silvestre-Brac, Relativité restreinte, Dunod, 2010 (disponible en bibliothèque)
Other Recommended Reading
Not applicable
Mode of delivery
- Face to face
Type of Teaching Activity/Activities
- Cours magistraux
- Exercices dirigés
Evaluations
The assessment methods of the Learning Activity (AA) are specified in the course description of the corresponding Educational Component (UE)