Physics 751 -- GENERAL RELATIVITY -- SPRING 2026

Instructor: Professor S. Martin
Office: La Tourette 214
Email: spmartin@niu.edu
Office hours: M,T,W,F, 11:00-12:15 and 12:45-2:00.
Class meetings: M,W,F 10:00-10:50, 227 La Tourette.
Textbook: Spacetime and Geometry: An Introduction to General Relativity
Author: Sean M. Carroll
Graduate catalog description: Special relativity on a flat space-time metric, manifolds and curvature, Einstein's equation, Schwarzschild solution.
Grading: 100% based on homework sets, assigned approximately weekly.

The course syllabus is available for download.

Homework #1 assignment (due Wednesday, January 21, 2026).