- At the
end of the first week we have reviewed
- Vectors
- Four
vectors
- Tensors
- Rotations
- Introduced
the idea of a GROUP as a collection of objects such as rotations.
i. Members
of a group can be combined (successive rotations)
ii. Identity
and inverse
iii. Combinations
can be represented as a single group member (a sum of rotations can be
considered as one single rotation)
- Considered
groups of transformations
- Rotations,
- translations
(space and time),
- Lorentz and Galilean velocity transformations.
- Recognized
that vectors could be defined by their transformation properties.
- Reviewed
matrix representations
- Row
and column vectors
- 3x3
matrices
- 4x4
matrices
- Formulation
of relativity.
- Four
vectors
- Lorentz transformation
- Field
tensor Fμν