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

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

Exercises Using the equation of continuity, prove:

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

PN potentials in GR

The PN metric in GR

Effect of a PN gauge change

PN potentials in general gauges Properties of X

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