PHGN-361 Spring-2012

Pat's office hours for Spring 2012:

MF: 12:00PM - 2:00PM (CTLM 224)

W: 12:00PM - 1:00PM

Tim's office hours

T/Th 12-1pm, Meyer Hall computer lab

Exam dates:

Friday Feb 3rd

Exam 1 solutions[1]

Friday Mar 9th

Exam 2 problem 1 solution[2]

Final exam - Tuesday May 8th 1pm - MH220 - confirmed

Course review problem solutions[3]

Course material for Phys 361 - Intermediate E&M

Syllabus[4]

Example homework problem - How I wrote up problems in school[5]

Homework assignments

Problem set 1: Due Wed Jan 18th at start of class[6]

Reading assignment 1: Sections 3.1-3.4 by Friday Jan 13th

Reading assignment 2: 3.5-3.7 by the 16th

Reading assignment 3: 3.8-3.9 by the 18th

Reading assignment 4: 4.1-4.2 by the 20th

Suggested assignment: Study the solutions to HW1 (before or after your work gets returned; up to you) and make sure you understand what's going on in detail (have done before exam I)

Reading assignment 5: 4.3 by the 25th

Suggested assignment: Study the solutions to HW2 (before or after your work gets returned; up to you) and make sure you understand what's going on in detail (have done before exam I)

Reading assignment 6: 4.4 by the 27th (on further reflection, 4.4 is kind of a mess all the way through, so just give it a casual look)

Problem set 2: Due Wed Jan 25th[7]

Problem set 3: Due Wed Feb 1st[8]

Suggested assignment: Study the solutions to HW3 and make sure you understand what's going on in detail (have done before exam I)

Reading assignment 7: 5.1 by Feb. 8th

Reading assignment 8: 5.2 by Feb. 10th

Reading assignment 9: 5.3 by Feb. 13th

Problem set 4: Due Friday Feb 17th[9]

Reading assignment 10: 6.1, 6.2 by Feb. 17th

Problem set 5: Due Wednesday Feb. 29th[10]

Reading assignment 11: 6.3 by Feb. 22th

Reading assignment 12: 6.4 and 6.5 by Feb. 24th

Problem set 6: Due Wednesday Mar. 7th[11]

Reading assignment 13: 7.1-7.3 by Mar. 2nd

Reading assignment 14: 7.4-7.6 by Mar. 5th

Reading assignment 15: 8.1-8.3 by Mar. 21st

Reading assignment 16: 8.4 by Mar. 23rd

Problem set 7: Due Wednesday Mar. 28th[12]

Reading assignment 17: 8.5, 8.6 by Apr. 2nd

Reading assignment 18: 9.1 by Apr. 4th

Reading assignment 19: 9.2 by Apr. 6th

Problem set 8: Due Friday Apr. 6th[13]

Problem set 9: Due Wednesday Apr. 11th[14]

Reading assignment 20: 9.3 by Apr. 11th

Reading assignment 21: 9.4 by Apr. 13th

Reading assignment 22: 9.5 by Apr. 16th

Problem set 10: Due Wednesday Apr. 18th[15]

Reading assignment 23: 9.6 by Apr. 18th

Problem set 11: Due Wednesday May 2nd[16]

Reading assignment 24: 10.1-2 by Apr. 20th, but beware derivation 10.1.2 (some shady stuff there; can you find it?)

Reading assignment 25: 10.3.1, 10.3.3, 10.4 by Apr. 25

END OF ASSIGNMENTS

Lecture notes

Jan 11th (my birthday!) Slides: Syllabus and administrative whatnot[17]

Jan 11th scans[18]

Jan 13th scans[19]

Jan 16th scans[20]

Jan 18th scans[21]

Jan 20th/23rd scans[22]

Jan 23rd/25th scans[23]

Jan 25th/27th scans[24]

Feb 1st/6th scans[25]

Feb 6th/8th scans[26]

Feb 8th/10th scans[27]

Feb 15th scans (3D separation of variables)[28]

Feb 15th/17th scans (polarization)[29]

Feb 22nd/24th scans[30]

Feb 24th/27th scans[31]

Supplement: That L=0 term from in-class discussion[32]

Feb 29th/Mar 2nd scans[33]

Mar 2nd/5th scans[34]

Mar 5th scans[35]

Mar 19th scans[36]

Mar 21st/23rd scans[37]

Mar 23rd/25th scans[38]

Supplement: Questions regarding pseudovectors[39]

Mar 27th scans[40]

Apr 2nd/4th scans[41]

Apr 6th scans[42]

Apr 9th/11th scans[43]

Apr 11th/13th/16th scans[44]

Apr 16th/18th/20th scans[45]

Apr 20th/25th scans[46]

Apr 30th scans[47]

Clicker questions and other slides

Jan 13th[48]

Jan 16th[49]

Jan 18th[50]

Jan 20th/23rd[51]

Jan 23rd/25th[52]

Jan 25th/27th[53]

Feb 6th-10th[54]

Feb 13th[55]

Feb 15th-27th[56][57]

Feb 29th-Mar 2nd[58]

Mar 5th[59]

Mar 7th-9th[60]

Mar 12th-14th[61]

Mar 23rd-26th[62]

Mar 28th[63]

Apr 2nd[64]

Apr 4th[65]

Apr 6th[66]

Apr 11th[67]

Apr 13th[68]

Apr 16th-18th[69]

Apr 20th[70]

Apr 30th[71]

Test prep suggestions

Test 1 suggestions[72]

Inside front cover equation sheets - You get this and the Phys 200 sheet[73]

Phys 200 equation sheet[74]

Additional sheet for Chapters 5-7[75]

Test 2 suggestions[76]

Final exam suggestions[77]

Additional equation sheet for Chapters 8-10[78]

Pictures of rabbits

Baby bunny drinking[79]

Rabbit answering phone[80]

Baby bunny in field[81]

My rabbits, Mojo (orange) and Neela (black)[82]

Neela chillin' at the top of the stairs[83]

Happy baby bunny[84]

High voltage rabbit[85]

Mojo and Neela watching Tom Hanks[86]