EXERCISES

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One set of questions from throughout Schutz's book.
An overlapping set of introductory questions.

8/25/08: Write down a scalar quantity that can be constructed from vector quantities without the use of a metric.
8/26/08: Do Questions 1-3 from the first list of questions above.
9/02/08: Do Questions 1-6 from the second list of questions above, and hand in at the beginning of class on 09/09/08.
9/02/08: Do Question 13 from the first list of questions above. Find scalar field equation of motion.
9/04/08: Show that known isometries of flat space satisfy the equation derived in class. You may find it helpful to employ several different coordinate systems. Find other solutions.
9/11/08: Do Questions 4, 7, 19, 23, 28 and 30 from the first list of questions above, by 9/18/08.
11/13/08: Do Questions 1.13, 2.7, 3.12, 4.3, 5.3, 6.2 from Carroll, by 11/25/08.