PHGN-361 Spring-2012

Revision as of 18:01, 30 April 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]

Course material for Phys 361 - Intermediate E&M

Syllabus[3]

Example homework problem - How I wrote up problems in school[4]

Homework assignments

Problem set 1: Due Wed Jan 18th at start of class[5]

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[6]

Problem set 3: Due Wed Feb 1st[7]

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[8]

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

Problem set 5: Due Wednesday Feb. 29th[9]

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[10]

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[11]

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[12]

Problem set 9: Due Wednesday Apr. 11th[13]

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[14]

Reading assignment 23: 9.6 by Apr. 18th

Problem set 11: Due Wednesday May 2nd[15]

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[16]

Jan 11th scans[17]

Jan 13th scans[18]

Jan 16th scans[19]

Jan 18th scans[20]

Jan 20th/23rd scans[21]

Jan 23rd/25th scans[22]

Jan 25th/27th scans[23]

Feb 1st/6th scans[24]

Feb 6th/8th scans[25]

Feb 8th/10th scans[26]

Feb 15th scans (3D separation of variables)[27]

Feb 15th/17th scans (polarization)[28]

Feb 22nd/24th scans[29]

Feb 24th/27th scans[30]

Supplement: That L=0 term from in-class discussion[31]

Feb 29th/Mar 2nd scans[32]

Mar 2nd/5th scans[33]

Mar 5th scans[34]

Mar 19th scans[35]

Mar 21st/23rd scans[36]

Mar 23rd/25th scans[37]

Supplement: Questions regarding pseudovectors[38]

Mar 27th scans[39]

Apr 2nd/4th scans[40]

Apr 6th scans[41]

Apr 9th/11th scans[42]

Apr 11th/13th/16th scans[43]

Apr 16th/18th/20th scans[44]

Apr 20th/25th scans[45]

Apr 30th scans[46]

Clicker questions and other slides

Jan 13th[47]

Jan 16th[48]

Jan 18th[49]

Jan 20th/23rd[50]

Jan 23rd/25th[51]

Jan 25th/27th[52]

Feb 6th-10th[53]

Feb 13th[54]

Feb 15th-27th[55][56]

Feb 29th-Mar 2nd[57]

Mar 5th[58]

Mar 7th-9th[59]

Mar 12th-14th[60]

Mar 23rd-26th[61]

Mar 28th[62]

Apr 2nd[63]

Apr 4th[64]

Apr 6th[65]

Apr 11th[66]

Apr 13th[67]

Apr 16th-18th[]

Apr 20th[]

Apr 30th[]

Test prep suggestions

Test 1 suggestions[68]

Inside front cover equation sheets - You get this and the Phys 200 sheet[69]

Phys 200 equation sheet[70]

Additional sheet for Chapters 5-7[71]

Test 2 suggestions[72]

Pictures of rabbits

Baby bunny drinking[73]

Rabbit answering phone[74]

Baby bunny in field[75]

My rabbits, Mojo (orange) and Neela (black)[76]

Neela chillin' at the top of the stairs[77]

Happy baby bunny[78]

High voltage rabbit[79]

Mojo and Neela watching Tom Hanks[80]