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5. The stress energy tensor and the Christoffel symbol.

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MIT 8.962 General Relativity, Spring 2020
Instructor: Scott Hughes
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More on the stress-energy tensor: symmetries and the physical meaning of stress-energy components in a given representation.  Differential formulation of conservation of energy and conservation of momentum.  Prelude to curvature: special relativity and tensor analyses in curvilinear coordinates.  The Christoffel symbol and covariant derivatives.

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