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Basics of Special Theory of Relativity 
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  • Estd. 1959

Basics of Special Theory of Relativity
 at 
IIT Kanpur 
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Online

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Basics of Special Theory of Relativity
 at 
IIT Kanpur 
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  • Participants will be given certificates from the Centre for Continuing Education (CCE), IIT Kanpur, depending on the performance
  • Quizzes will be held during the course
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Basics of Special Theory of Relativity
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IIT Kanpur 
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Basics of Special Theory of Relativity
 at 
IIT Kanpur 
Curriculum

Inertial and non-inertial frames

Invariance of Newton's laws under Galilean Transformation

Newtonian Relativity

Maxwell's equations

Under Galilean Transformation

Michelson-Morley Experiment

Postulates of the special theory of relativity

Lorentz Transformation

Time dilation

Length contraction

Relativity of simultaneity

synchronization of clocks

Velocity transformation

Relativistic mass

redefining linear momentum

Expressions of kinetic energy

Relation between total energy and momentum

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IIT Kanpur 
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