Physics 263 -- Spring 2012
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URL: http://www.asc.ohio-state.edu/kilcup.1/263/
Announcements and recent changes:
No class on Tuesday May 22, in light of the Physics Picnic. But we'll definitely meet on Friday (May 25).
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General Information about Physics 263
Course title:
Physics 263: Particles and Waves 3
Text:
Basic Training in Mathematics
by R. Shankar (Plenum, ISBN 0-3064-5036-4)
And also last term's
Introduction to Classical Mechanics
by D. Morin (available as an
ebook
)
Meeting Schedule:
Published schedule: MTWRF at 11.30am (in SM 1009)
Actual schedule: 3 days at 11.30am in SM1009 (MTW)
Small group activity day: R (in SM 1094) at either 10.30, 11.30 or 12.30
Homework dojo: F (in SM1011/SM1094)
Grade Weighting:
Assigned problems [30%]
One midterm [30%] Friday May 4
Final [40%] Thursday June 7 @ 11.30am (per official schedule), but also available on Monday June 4
Instructor:
Prof. Gregory Kilcup
office: M2030 PRB
email: kilcup@physics.ohio-state.edu
phone: 946-0276
Grader/Tutors:
Andrew Dougherty (dougherty.63@osu.edu)
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Problem Sets
Homework will normally be due by 5pm Friday in the box in 1011.
Hwk #1
due Friday, 30 March (
solution
)
Hwk #2
due Friday, 6 April (
solution
)
Hwk #3
due Friday, 13 April (
solution
)
Hwk #4
due Friday, 20 April (
solution
)
Hwk #5
due Friday, 27 April (
solution
)
Hwk #6
due Monday, 7 May (
solution
) with a notebook for
Morin 4.22
Hwk #7
due Monday, 14 May (
solution
)
Hwk #8
due Monday, 21 May (
solution
) with a notebook for
Morin 4.33
Hwk #9
revised due date Wednesday, 30 May (
solution
)
Handouts
A
solution
to the 262 final
The first
relativity tutorial
Math notebook
for Thursday 29 March
The original "On the electrodynmics of moving bodies" paper,
in English
or
auf Deutsch
The second
relativity tutorial
Math notebook
for Thursday 5 April
Einstein's
E=mc^2 paper
The third
relativity tutorial
Math notebook
for Thursday 12 April
A couple of videos of flying through Tuebingen: a
short trip
(or on
YouTube
) and a
longer one
(
YouTube
)
Here is the sort of
pinhole camera
one uses abord spaceships.
The movies above and a host more can be found at
SpacetimeTravel.org
Here is the view from a
relativistic roller coaster
Math notebook
for Thursday 19 April
Math notebook
and
worksheet
for Thursday 26 April
Last year's
midterm
and a
solution
Math notebook
and
worksheet
for Thursday May 3
Resonant modes of
vibrating plate
as seen at the beginning of class on May 9
Math notebook
for Thursday May 10
A discussion of the
crossover circuit
Math notebook
for Thursday May 17
Mario's
package for complex plotting, among other things
Math notebook
for Thursday May 24
A
solution
to the midterm
Last year's
final exam
and a
solution
Interesting Links
The
parable of the surveyors
The mystery of the Hard Days Night chord
solved by Fourier transform
. Here is the
article
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comments and suggestions
are appreciated.
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