Physics 321 "Modern Physics I"
Syllabus
Notes on homework:
1) be neat - staple the pages, spiral notebook paper should be trimmed of all hanging pieces
2) show ALL work (includes intermediate steps in deriving equations, substitutions etc)
3) Most of the time, a proper solution should start with useful relationships or equations, followed by the manipulation
of those equations in variable form all the way to
the final solution and only THEN should they plug in constants and
known values. Plugging in numbers at the
beginning makes it very difficult to understand the solution and find
errors.
4) provide units (and how they were derrived) with ever answer and it's also wise to box-off or underline any final
numerical solution.
Lecture notes from Prof. Shinar
Special thanks to Prof. James Cochran for preparing a wonderful set of power point slides
Chapter 1: ch1 slides (pdf)
homework: Q5, 8; P5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 20, 24
due 9/2/08
solutions: Q1 HW1
Chapter 2: ch2 slides (pdf)
homework: Q6, 21; P4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 18, 29
due 9/9/08
solutions: Q2 HW2
Chapter 3: ch3 slides (pdf)
homework: Q4, 18; P3, 5, 8, 16, 19, 29, 32, 34
due 9/16/08 solutions: Q3 HW3
Chapter 4: ch4 slides (pdf)
homework: Q11, 21; P6, 10, 14, 24, 30, 35, 37, 38
due 9/23/08 solutions: Q4 HW4
EXAM1 solutions
Chapter 5: ch5 slides (pdf)
homework: Q20, 28; P3, 4, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 27, 29 due
10/9/08 solutions: Q5
HW5
Chapter 6: ch6 slides (pdf)
homework: Q24, 26; P11, 12, 20, 21, 24, 25, 30, 31 due
10/21/08 solutions: Q6 HW6
Chapter 7: ch7 slides (pdf)
homework: Q9, 11; P3, 7, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23 due
10/30/08 solutions: Q7 HW7
EXAM 2 solutions
Chapter 8: ch8 slides (pdf)
homework: Q10, 19; P2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 16, 17, 18
due 11/18/08 solutions: Q8 HW8
Chapter 9: ch9 slides (pdf)
homework: Q7, 15; P3, 15, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28
due 12/9/08 solutions: Q9 HW9