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SPRING 2012-13: University Physics II (Transitional)

Handouts:

General:              Syllabus 

Background:      Vectors: Basic operations          Components of Vectors            Error Analysis

Laboratory:    Graph Paper     Simple Pendulum Lab Report: A template         Stopwatch Errors

Exam Solutions:    Solutions to Test I      Solutions to Test II       

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SPRING 2012-13: Modern Physics I

Handouts:     Syllabus      Mechanics Review     Electromagnetism Review      Electromagnetic Waves       Michelson-Morley Expt      Special Relativity    

 Relativistic Collisions       Lorentz Transformations       Electromagnetic Flux       Photons      Compton Scattering      Thermodynamics     Radiation and UV Catastrophe

De Broglie waves and HUP     Complex#s: An introduction     Trigonometry with complex #s      Integrals for Quantum Mechanics     Schrodinger's Recipe and Wavefunctions    

1D infinite square well      Harmonic Oscillator     Harmonic oscillator integrals     Scattering Theory      Heisenberg's Commutation relations     Bohr theory of the atom    

Laplacian in spherical polar coordinates      QM of H-atom I: Basic setup     QM of H-atom II: Angular momentum     QM of H-atom III: energy levels     


Lecture#01           Lecture#02          Lecture#03          Lecture#04         OnlineHW01hints

Lecture#05           Lecture#06          Lecture#07          Lecture#08      WrittenHW01      WrittenHW01hints

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Lecture#13           Lecture#14          Lecture#15          Midterm#1        WrittenHW02    WrittenHW02hints

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 SPRING 2012-13: Mathematical Methods III

Handouts:       Syllabus     Notation    Table of Integrals

Week 1:  Tuesday01   Thursday01    HW #1

Week 2:  Tuesday02   Thursday02   Solutions to HW#1
  
Week 3:  Tuesday03   Thursday03    HW #2

Week 4:   Tuesday04  Thursday04    Solutions to HW#2

Week 5:   Tuesday05  Thursday05    HW #3

Week 6:  Tuesday06   Thursday06    Solutions to HW#3

Week 7:  Tuesday07   Thursday07    HW #4

Week 8:  Tuesday08   Thursday08     Solutions to HW#4

Week 9:  Tuesday09   Thursday09     HW #5

Week 10:Tuesday10   Thursday19     Solutions to HW#5