11–16 Dec 2022
Australia/Adelaide timezone
Co-locating with the 7th International Workshop of Specialty Optical Fibres and Their Applications (WSOF), the Australian and New Zealand Conference on Optics and Photonics (ANZCOP), and the Conference on Optoelectronlc and Microelectronic Materials and Devices (COMMAD)

GPS from the ground up - a novel pedagogy for understanding general relativity

15 Dec 2022, 17:30
1h 30m
Exhibition Halls F & G (Adelaide Convention Centre)

Exhibition Halls F & G

Adelaide Convention Centre

Poster AIP: Education Poster session

Speaker

Dr Peter Huf (SYMMLAB)

Description

In this paper we present a novel approach for learning relativity by combining theory (vectors, tensors) with electronic applications to the GPS system. The course is applicable as a practical introduction to the applied mathematics of relativistic theory and measurement.

Author

Dr Peter Huf (SYMMLAB)

Co-author

Mr Matthew McPhail (Deakin University (student))

Presentation materials