1. Outline of the Lectures
Lecture 1: The Einstein Equivalence Principle
Lecture 2: Post-Newtonian Limit of GR
Lecture 3: The Parametrized Post-Newtonian Framework
Lecture 4: Tests of the PPN Parameters

2. Outline of the Lectures
Lecture 1: The Einstein Equivalence Principle
Lecture 2: Post-Newtonian Limit of GR
Review of Newtonian gravity
Post-Newtonian theory
PN limit of GR: a derivation
Gauge transformations
PN gauges
Lorentz boosts
Lecture 3: The Parametrized Post-Newtonian Framework
Lecture 4: Tests of the PPN Parameters

3. Exercises
Using the equation of continuity, prove:

4. Exercises: Consequences of
Prove the following, and give a physical interpretation to the first
4 integrals.

5. PN potentials in GR

6. The PN metric in GR

7. Effect of a PN gauge change

8. PN potentials in general gauges
Properties of X

9. Outline of the Lectures
Lecture 1: The Einstein Equivalence Principle
Lecture 2: Post-Newtonian Limit of GR
Lecture 3: The Parametrized Post-Newtonian Framework
Lecture 4: Tests of the PPN Parameters