PHY511 General Relativity

General Information

Lecturer:	Prof. Philippe Jetzer
Assistants:	Yannick Boetzel (Irchel, Y36 K32) Andreas Schärer (Irchel, Y36 K34) Kevin Ferreira (ETH, HIT K 22.4) Fiona Seibold (ETH, HIT K 31.7)
Lecture:	Tuesday 14:45-16:30 (Hönggerberg, HPV G5) Thursday 10:45-12:30 (Hönggerberg, HPV G5)
Exercise classes:	Kevin: Thursday 14.45-16:30 (ETH, HIT F 31.2) Yannick: Thursday 15:00-17:00 (Irchel, Y36 J33) Fiona: Friday 12:45-14:30 (ETH, HIT F 13) Andreas: Friday 13:00-15:00 (Irchel, Y36 J33)
Misc:	Testat condition: Solve 60% of the exercise sheets (only for UZH students) Hand in of exercises: Kevin, Fiona: Box in K floor or in office Yannick, Andreas: During tuesday lecture or in office VVZ UZH VVZ ETH

Please report any mistakes or typos to Yannick.

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