assignments
due Fri Jan 20
Reading Jan 20
- Read Chapter 1 of the book. Part of this chapter is a review of things done in the past. Be sure to review these concepts using the General Physics book and other resources if needed. This semester will apply many of the concepts that you learned in the past three semesters.
Since you are waiting for the book to arrive, here is
Chapter 1. login to open it
due Mon Jan 23
Assignment 1, Jan 23
Problems
- Chapter 1: 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 15, 16
due Thu Jan 26
Reading Jan 26
- Solve the integral 1.24 at page 14.
- Bring the solutions of the problems due on Monday.
- Review interference and interferometers form a General Physics Book.
- Chapter 2: 2.1, 2.2, , 2.3, 2.4
due Mon Jan 30
Reading Jan 30
- Sam: The Relativity of time
- Jack: The Relativity of length
- Chapter 2: 2.5, 2.6
due Thu Feb 2
Assignment Feb 02
due Mon Feb 6
Reading Feb 06
due Thu Feb 9
Assignment Feb 09
- Reading: 3.1, 3.2, 3.3
- Problems: 2.33, 2.41, 2.49, 2.53, 2.56
due Mon Feb 13
Reading Feb 13
- Reading: Finish chapter 3
due Thu Feb 16
Reading Feb 16
- Please, review carefully the section 3.3 on thermal radiation and complete the study of this topic by doing problems: 3.14, 3.15, 3.16
- Sam presents 3.4, and Jack 3.5
- New reading: 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4
- For a discussion of the uncertainty principle, see: G. Gamow, “The Principle of Uncertainty,” Scientific American 198, 51 (January 1958). We have a copy of it in the library.
due Mon Feb 20
In Class work
due Thu Feb 23
Reading Feb 23
- Late exercises due
- We will have a discussion on the past week reading of chapter 4, and the work you did in class on Monday.
- New reading Chapter 5: 5.1, 5.2, 5.3
due Mon Feb 27
Assignment Feb 27
- Problems Chapter 3 and 4: 3.20, 3.27, 3.33, 3.42, 4.16, 4.32
- Reading: Review 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 (including infinite potential well)
due Mon Mar 6
Reading March 6
- Problem Chapter 4 and 5: 4.35, 4.36, 4.39, 5.6
- Reading: 5.4 (Jack : presents the finite potential well, Sam: presents the rest of the section), 5.5
due Wed Mar 8
Mid-term
See my email, you can leave it in the envelop on my door.
due Thu Mar 9
Reading March 9
- Reading: finish chapter 5
- Problem Chapter 5: 5.7, 5.8
due Mon Mar 27
Assignment March 27
due Thu Mar 30
Reading March 30
- Reading :6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.8 (Sam presents 6.1, 6.2, 6.3 - Jack presents 6.4, 6.5, 6.6 )
- This resource from MIT could help you to understand random walk
due Mon Apr 3
Assignment April 3
- Problems: 5.22, 5.23, 5.28, 5.29, 5.32, 5.38
- Jack presents: 6.4, 6.5, 6.6
due Thu Apr 6
Reading April 6
due Mon Apr 10
Assignment April 10
due Wed Apr 12
Reading April 12
April 13th class will be on the 12th at 10am
- Reading: 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7
- Jack presents the Intrinsic spin (excluding the Stern-Gerlach experiment). Sam present the Stern and Gerlach experiment (including the example)- I want you both to present at the white board
due Mon Apr 17
Assignment April 17
due Wed Apr 19
Reading April 19
April 20th class will be on the 19th at 10am
- reading Finish Chapter 8
- Sam presents 8.4 and Jack presents 8.5
- Problems Chapter 7: 11 (a,b), 15, 17, 20, 23, 28 (it is ok if you use the web to solve the integral for the normalization), 32
due Thu Apr 27
Reading April 27
- Reading - Chapter 9- 9.1, 9.2, 9.3
due Mon May 1
Assignment May 1
- Reading - Chapter 9- 9.4., 9.5
- Problems Chapter 8 and 9: 8.1, 8.9, 8.11, 8.13, 9.6, 9.8, 9.11, 9.22, 9.32 (a,b)
due Fri May 5
Late assignments
- No late assignment will be accepted after this date.
due Mon May 8
Final
- See the email I will send Friday the 5th
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