Study programme 2023-2024 | Français | ||
Tensorial calculation and restricted relativity | |||
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 | 30 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Q1 |
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 Reading
Note de cours - Partie 2 - Calcul tensoriel et relativité restreinte - Claude Semay
,Note de cours - Partie 1 - Calcul tensoriel et relativité restreinte - Claude Semay
,Note de cours - Partie 3 - Calcul tensoriel et relativité restreinte - Claude Semay
Required Learning Resources/Tools
Not applicable
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
Type of Teaching Activity/Activities
Evaluations
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