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LECTURE 25
     questions after lecture

it is important that you be able to answer these

and very important to answer these

  • State the Principle of Equivalence and give an example.
  • Define a geodesic.
  • Explain how light travels on a geodesic in curved spacetime.
  • Explain what is meant by Dynamics is Kinematics is Mathematics. What kind of mathematics?
  • State Einstein's new Principle of Inertia. How is it a generalization of Newton's First Law, piece by piece?

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Please email any questions, comments, or suggestions to Professor Bernice Durand, bdurand@theory3.physics.wisc.edu.

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