Homework assignments: These may change as we go on - that's why they call these things dynamic syllabi.
home - - - course mechanics - - - tests
Hints occur where I feel the need to be merciful and I have enough time. Answers will be linked in as that becomes appropriate.
| due | problem numbers | reading | schedule oddities |
| Mon, 10/1 | complex writeup 1-22 (solutions 1-13, 14-22) | complex algebra writeup | morning hockey department meeting |
| Tue., 10/2 |
3: 15, 29, 33 (solutions) (Notice how brief 33 is!) |
chapter 3.3, relativity polemic | |
| Wed 10/3 | 4:2, 6(hint), 7, 12(hint) (solutions), 15, 22(hint) (solutions) | chapter 4 | Physics Picnic Avs home game |
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Thu, 10/4 |
4: 24, 30, 33, 34 (solutions) First Test distributed |
see the sample test |
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| Fri, 10/5 | First Test due at 9 am. | chapter 5 | Natalie's seminar at noon |
| Mon, 10/8 | 5: 3, 5, 9, 12, 15, 17 (solutions), 22, 29, 30, 31 (solutions) | Check out the test 1 solutions here, here, and here. | morning hockey |
| Tue, 10/9 |
6: 1, 2, 3,, 4, (solutions) 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, (solutions) 12, (solution) 16, 17 (solutions)
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Here are some handy-dandy gaussian integrals that you may find useful. | I'm away in the early afternoon. |
| Wed, 10/10 | 6:18, 19, 20, (solutions) 21, 23, 24 (solutions), 25 (solutions) | Prepare for the test. | |
| Thu, 10/11 | Consider looking at the sample test. | I leave at 4:45 to play hockey. | |
| Fri, 10/12 | Turn in test two | ||
Mon, 10/15 |
7:1, 3, 4, 5, (solutions) 6, 11 (solutions); 13, 15, 16(solutions), 17, 19, 21, 27(solutions); 8: 1. (solutions) 2, 3, 4, 5 (solutions) |
all of chapter 7; begin chapter 8. | morning hockey; department meeting at noon |
| Tue, 10/16 | 8: 6, 7, (solutions) 9, 12, 13, 17, (solutions) 19 (solution); 23, (solution, more) 24, 25, 26, 27, 29; | Avs home game | |
| Wed, 10/17 | chapter 9 | ||
| Thu, 10/18 | 9: 7, 9(part 1) (solutions), 10, 11(solutions), 12, 25, 27 | sample test | |
| Fri, 10/19 |
Test 3 due at 9 am |
Charles's seminar at noon | |
| Mon, 10/22 | 10.5 What is the ground-state energy for three identical fermions in one infinite well? bosons? 11: 1, 2, 5 (solutions) |
Read sections 10-3 and 10-4, and 11-1 and 11-2. |
morning hockey |
| Tue, 10/23 | You begin your take-home final. | ||
| Wed, 10/24 | Finals due at 2 pm | ||
pc 251 home tests course mechanics
