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January/February
2000
Physics 1b Analytical / W2000
Sunday
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Saturday
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JAN 2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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NOTE: HW &
reading assign-ments are in Taylor & Wheeler
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"Principle of Relativity"
Read: 1.1-1.5, 2.6-2.9
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"Time Dilation and Length Contraction"
Read: 3.1-3.9
HW #1 Due: 1-5,
1-7, 1-9
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9
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10
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11
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12
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13
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14
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15
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"Lorentz Transformation"
Read: L.1-L.8
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"Spacetime Geometry"
Read: 5.1-5.9, 6.1-6.3
HW #2 Due: 1-11,
2-4, 3-4,
3-5, 3-7, 3-10
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16
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17
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18
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19
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20
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21
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22
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"Relativistic Mechanics"
Read: 7.1-7.7
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"4-Momentum"
Read: 8.1-8.8
Pick up QUIZ #1
HW #3 Due: L-6,
L-7, L-8,
L-10, L-11, 5-2, 5-3
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23
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24
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25
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26
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27
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28
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29
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"4-Force, Apparent Effects"
QUIZ #1 Due
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"General Relativity"
Read: 9.1-9.9
HW #4 Due: 6-5,
7-5, 7-6,
7-8, 7-10
12:00 Ombudsmen Meeting
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30
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31
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FEB 1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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NOTE: Reading
assignments are in Purcell beginning 2/2
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"Electric Field"
Read: Purcell 1.1-1.10
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"Gauss's Law"
Read: 1.11-1.15
Pick up QUIZ #2
HW #5 Due: 3-15, 7-10, 8-14,
8-15, 8-16, 8-41
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1/5/00
February/March 2000
Physics 1b Analytical / W2000
Sunday
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Saturday
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FEB 6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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11
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12
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"Electric Potential"
Read: 2.1-2.6
QUIZ #2 Due
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"Divergence"
Read: 2.7-2.12
HW #6 Due: Purcell
1-4, 9, 16, 19, 26, 30
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13
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14
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15
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16
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17
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18
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19
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"Curl, Stokes' Theorem"
Read: 2.13-2.16
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"Electrostatics"
Read: 3.1-3.4
Pick up QUIZ #3
HW #7 Due: Purcell
2-1, 4, 8, 13, 15, 16, 27
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21
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22
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23
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24
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25
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26
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"Capacitance"
Read: 3.5-3.8
QUIZ #3 Due
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"Electric Currents and Conduction"
Read: 4.1-4.6
HW #8 Due: Purcell
2-31,
3-1, 4, 8, 29
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27
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28
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29
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MARCH 1
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2
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3
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4
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12:00 Ombudsmen Meeting
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"DC Circuits"
Read: 4.7-4.11
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"Fields of Moving Charges"
Read: 5.1-5.7
Pick up QUIZ #4
HW #9 Due: Purcell
3-10, 11, 24, 4-4, 7
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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11
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"Force on Moving Charges"
Read: 5.8, 5.9 & Appendix A
QUIZ #4 Due
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HW #10 Due:
Purcell 4-16, 18, 19, 22, 32
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1/5/00
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