5. The stress energy tensor and the Christoffel symbol.

MIT 8.962 General Relativity, Spring 2020 Instructor: Scott Hughes View the complete course: https://ocw.mit.edu/8-962S20 YouTube Playlist:    • MIT 8.962 General Relativity, Spring 2020   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. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at https://ocw.mit.edu/terms More courses at https://ocw.mit.edu Support OCW at http://ow.ly/a1If50zVRlQ We encourage constructive comments and discussion on OCW’s YouTube and other social media channels. Personal attacks, hate speech, trolling, and inappropriate comments are not allowed and may be removed. More details at https://ocw.mit.edu/comments.