All problems are from the lecture notes. The posted due dates are still tentative. (They may have to be moved back if I fall behind schedule.) Here are model solutions to some problems that are not assigned:
solutions to odd-numbered problems in section 2.1
solutions to odd-numbered problems in section 2.2
solutions to odd-numbered problems in section 2.4
A. Review of Needed Background Mathematics (4 weeks)
Problem Set
#1:
2.1.2, 2.1.4, 2.1.6 (due Tuesday 1/17)
Problem Set #2: 2.2.2, 2.2.4,
2.3.2 (due Tuesday 1/31)
Problem Set
#3: 2.4.2, 2.4.4,
2.4.6 (due Tuesday 2/7)
B. Minkowski Spacetime Geometry and its Physical Interpretation (4 weeks)
Problem Set #4: 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3 (due Tuesday 2/14)
Problem Set #5:
3.1.4,
3.1.5 (due Tuesday 2/21)
Problem
Set #6: 3.2.1,
3.2.2 (due Tuesday 2/28)
Problem Set #7: 3.3.1 or 3.4.1 (due Tuesday 3/6)
C. From Special Relativity to Non-Euclidean (Lobatchevskian) Plane Geometry (2 weeks)
Problem Set #8: 4.1.1, 4.2.1 (due Tuesday 3/20)