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PHYS 3310 - Introduction to Relativity and the Physics of Waves

Credits: 3

One-dimensional harmonic oscillator, coupled oscillators, longitudinal and transverse waves, sound and electromagnetic waves, interference and diffraction, Lorentz transforms and invariants, time dilation, length contraction, equivalence principle, and black holes. Prerequisite: MATH 3302  (formerly MATH 2339 prior to Fall 2017). Prerequisites or corequisites: PHYS 3305 , MATH 3313  (formerly MATH 2343 prior to Fall 2017).


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