14. Orbital Motion in the Schwarzschild Spacetime (General Relativity)

Lecture 14 on General Relativity. This lecture covers: (1) first integrals of the geodesic equations from spacetime symmetries; (2) the general relativistic analysis of orbital motion in our solar system; and (3) precession of the perihelion of Mercury. Lecture slides with corrections can be found at: https://physicsunsimplified.com/