Math Physics

This is the information for the old (pre-2009) version of the course, which I will keep here for historical purposes. The new wiki will be built here: http://mesoscopic.mines.edu/mediawiki/index.php/Wikis_for_courses_I_teach

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Class Information

course schedule, contact info and grading policy

TICC forum for PHGN 311

Download course syllabus

For course assistance and discussion, please visit the Math Physics Course Forum

Office

• John Scales, jscales@mines.edu, http://mesoscopic.mines.edu/~jscales

office hours: M 2:30-4, T 8-9:00 (review session), Tr 2-3 in Meyer Hall 339

• Brian Zadler, bzadler@mines.edu (will offer extra help sessions at a time TBD)
• Jared Peacock, jpeacock@mines.edu (TA and grader for HW)

all three of us can be found in MH 339 and 303-273-3850

Supplemental Material

Download John Scales' lecture notes on linear systems

This book is free and may be freely distributed. There are also many other free books at Samizdat Press

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Week by Week 2007

first day

Week of 8/27

Week of 8/29

Week of 9/3

Week of 9/10

First hourly exam: October 10 in MH 220 at 10:00 This will be openbook/opennote but no callculators.

Week of 9/17

Week of 9/24

Week of 10/1

Download sample questions for the first exam....now with answers

I will go over these in class on Monday 10/8.

Week of 10/8

10/17 - 10/19

Download test 1

Download Mathematica notebook with solutions to first exam

Week of 10/22

Week of 10/29

Second Test will be Monday November 19

Week of 11/5

Week of 11/12

Week of 11/26

Week of 12/3

Download test 2

Download Mathematica notebook with solutions to second exam

Download sample problems for final, with solutions

Download more sample problems for final, with solutions

2007 Homework Assignments

HW1 due 9/4/07

HW2 due 9/11/07

Download solutions to HW 2.

HW3 due 9/18/07

Download solutions to HW 3.

HW4 due 9/25/07

Download almost complete solutions to HW 4.

HW5 due 10/2/07

Download solutions to HW 5.

HW6 will go out on 10/5 and be due 10/12

Download solutions to HW 6.

HW7 due 10/26/07

Download Homework Points Distribution for Hw 1 and 2

HW 8 due 11/2/07

Download solutions to HW 8.

HW 9 this is a short one, due next Tuesday 11/6/07

HW 10 due next Tuesday 11/13/07

Download solutions to HW 10.

HW 11: do not turn this in.

Week by Week from 2006

Week of 8/28:

Week of 9/4:

Week of 9/11:

Week of 9/18:

Week of 9/25:

Week of 10/2:

Exam 1 preparation:

Week of 10/9:

Week of 10/16:

Week of 10/23:

Week of 10/30:

Week of 11/6:

Week of 11/13/:

Week of 11/20:

Week of 11/27:

Week of 12/4:

Final exam will be Wednesday, Dec 13 10:15am - 12:15pm in MH 220.

sample questions for the final

Download Answers to first midterm

Download Answers to second midterm

Mathematica resources

First tutorial lesson. Fire up Mathematica. Click the upper right-hand "help" menu. Select tutorial.

Tutorial and exercises from PH Field Session, links, sample notebooks

Mathematica tutorial from Wolfram INC

from IMSAAA

Useful Mathematica Notebooks

Note: If you choose to use these Mathematica Notebooks as templates for a solution you turn in, please observe the following rules:

• Remove existing comments and section headings and replace them with your own. Be sure to put in a written explanation of what you are doing!
• Make sure that your Notebook runs correctly if saved and re-run from scratch with Mathematica. (New users often generate Notebooks consisting of a random sequence of attempts to simplify expressions, with non-reproducible results because competing variable definitions were used at different times.)
• If you turn in a printout, make sure it is printed `2up', i.e., with two logical Notebook pages per physical sheet. This is easy enough to read without wasting paper.