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]

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]

Lecture notes

Jan 11th (my birthday!) Slides: Syllabus and administrative whatnot[13]

Jan 11th scans[14]

Jan 13th scans[15]

Jan 16th scans[16]

Jan 18th scans[17]

Jan 20th/23rd scans[18]

Jan 23rd/25th scans[19]

Jan 25th/27th scans[20]

Feb 1st/6th scans[21]

Feb 6th/8th scans[22]

Feb 8th/10th scans[23]

Feb 15th scans (3D separation of variables)[24]

Feb 15th/17th scans (polarization)[25]

Feb 22nd/24th scans[26]

Feb 24th/27th scans[27]

Supplement: That L=0 term from in-class discussion[28]

Feb 29th/Mar 2nd scans[29]

Mar 2nd/5th scans[30]

Mar 5th scans[31]

Mar 19th scans[32]

Mar 21st/23rd scans[33]

Mar 23rd/25th scans[34]

Supplement: Questions regarding pseudovectors[35]

Mar 27th scans[36]

Apr 2nd/4th scans[37]

Apr 6th scans[38]

Clicker questions and other slides

Jan 13th[39]

Jan 16th[40]

Jan 18th[41]

Jan 20th/23rd[42]

Jan 23rd/25th[43]

Jan 25th/27th[44]

Feb 6th-10th[45]

Feb 13th[46]

Feb 15th-27th[47][48]

Feb 29th-Mar 2nd[49]

Mar 5th[50]

Mar 7th-9th[51]

Mar 12th-14th[52]

Mar 23rd-26th[53]

Mar 28th[54]

Apr 2nd[55]

Apr 4th[]

Apr 6th[]

Test prep suggestions

Test 1 suggestions[56]

Inside front cover equation sheets - You get this and the Phys 200 sheet[57]

Phys 200 equation sheet[58]

Additional sheet for Chapters 5-7[59]

Test 2 suggestions[60]

Pictures of rabbits

Baby bunny drinking[61]

Rabbit answering phone[62]

Baby bunny in field[63]

My rabbits, Mojo (orange) and Neela (black)[64]

Neela chillin' at the top of the stairs[65]

Happy baby bunny[66]

High voltage rabbit[67]

Mojo and Neela watching Tom Hanks[68]