MIT 8.962 General Relativity, Spring 2020 - 12. The Einstein field equation.

MIT 8.962 General Relativity, Spring 2020 Instructor: Scott Hughes View the complete course: https://ocw.mit.edu/8-962S20 YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP629n_3fX7HmKKgin_rqGzbx The Einstein curvature tensor, a variation on the Ricci curvature, defined so that it has vanishing covariant divergence.  Using this tensor, we at last build a field theory for spacetime, motivating the Einstein field equation by arguing how to generalize a gravitational field equation to relativity. 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.