Classical Physics Primer

A rapid upskill curriculum for physicists getting up to speed before engaging with OFT. Four modules mapping standard physics to the OFT paradigms they will eventually absorb.

This is a standalone preparation guide — not a paper in the OFT series. A "conceptual first, maths second" approach designed to scrub off the rust efficiently.

Module 1

Classical Electromagnetism & The Medium

Maxwell's equations, dielectrics, refraction, phase vs group velocity, and caustics.

Module 2

Relativity — Special and General

SR kinematics, the equivalence principle, GR as geometry, and the optical-metric equivalence.

Module 3

Quantum Mechanics & The Standard Model

The measurement problem, QED, QCD, and the fermion/boson taxonomy.

Module 4

Symmetries, Topology, and Group Theory

Noether's theorem, gauge theory, Lie groups, the Higgs mechanism, and basic topology.