Physics 330 spring 2021

Semester Schedule


Homework is due at the start of class Thursday following the assigned week. Lecture notes don't necessarily correspond 1-to-1 with 50 minute classes.




Week of
Topic
Assignment/Exams/comments
1
Jan 18
No class Monday MLK birthday
Special Relativity  lecture 1  ,  lecture2
frisch-time-dilation.pdf
hw1.pdf
Multiplying Matrices - Example 1
prob1.pdf prob-L15.pdf
hw1-solutions.pdf prob1-solutions.pdf
2
Jan 25
lecture3 
hw2.pdf
prob2.pdf
hw2-solutions.pdf prob2-solutions.pdf
3
Feb 1
lecture 4 , lecture 5  buckyball-decoherence.pdf hw3.pdf
hw3-solutions.pdf
prob3.pdf
prob3-solutions.pdf
4
Feb 8
lecture 6lecture 7 hw4.pdf
hw4-solutions.pdf
5
Feb 15
lecture 8
 
6
Feb 22
lecture 9,   lecture 10

Feb 23, exam 1  

hw5.pdf
prob4.pdf prob4-solutions.pdf
hw5-solutions.pdf
Death of Katherine Johnson

7
Mar 1
lecture 11
MoreBox
hw6.pdf
prob5.pdf prob5-solutions.pdf
8
Mar 8
lecture 12
moreOnGroups.pdf
prob6.pdf
prob6-solutions.pdf
prob7.pdf prob7-solutions.pdf
hw6-solutions.pdf
Einstein born March/14/1879
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Mar 15
lecture 13
Lamb-shift.pdf
Spring Break
9
Mar 22
lecture 14 hw7.pdf
hw7-solutions.pdf
questions.pdf
10
Mar 29
lecture15 hw8.pdf
hw8-solutions.pdf
11
Apr 5
lecture 16 hw9.pdf
hw9-solutions.pdf

12
Apr 12
lecture 17 hw10.pdf
hw10-solutions.pdf
13
Apr 19
lecture 18 hw11.pdf   Earth Day 4/22
hw11-solutions.pdf
Tues April 20 exam 2
14
Apr 26
lecture 19
solar-neutrino.pdf

hw12.pdf
hw12-solutions.pdf

15
May 3
lecture 20
cosmic.pdf

Last Week of classes
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May 10
comprehensive final May 11
final.pdf Feynman born May 11, 1918
Michael Gold