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January/February 2000

Physics 1b Analytical / W2000

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

JAN 2

3

4

5

6

7

8

NOTE:  HW & reading assign-ments are in Taylor & Wheeler

 

 

"Principle of Relativity"

Read: 1.1-1.5, 2.6-2.9

 

"Time Dilation and Length Contraction"

Read:  3.1-3.9

HW #1 Due:   1-5, 1-7, 1-9

 

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

 

 

 

"Lorentz Transformation"

Read:  L.1-L.8

 

"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

 

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

 

 

 

"Relativistic Mechanics"

Read:  7.1-7.7

 

"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

 

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

 

 

 

"4-Force, Apparent Effects"

QUIZ #1 Due

 

"General Relativity"

Read:  9.1-9.9

HW #4 Due:  6-5, 7-5, 7-6,
7-8, 7-10

12:00 Ombudsmen Meeting

 

30

31

FEB 1

2

3

4

5

NOTE:  Reading assignments are in Purcell beginning 2/2

 

 

"Electric Field"

Read: Purcell 1.1-1.10

 

 

"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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February/March 2000

Physics 1b Analytical / W2000

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

FEB 6

7

8

9

10

11

12

 

 

 

"Electric Potential"

Read:  2.1-2.6

QUIZ #2 Due

 

"Divergence"

Read:  2.7-2.12

HW #6 Due:  Purcell 1-4, 9, 16, 19, 26, 30

 

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

 

 

 

"Curl, Stokes' Theorem"

Read:  2.13-2.16

 

"Electrostatics"

Read:  3.1-3.4

Pick up QUIZ #3

HW #7 Due:  Purcell 2-1, 4, 8, 13, 15, 16, 27

 

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

 

 

 

"Capacitance"

Read:  3.5-3.8

QUIZ #3 Due

 

"Electric Currents and Conduction"

Read:  4.1-4.6

HW #8 Due:  Purcell 2-31,
3-1, 4, 8, 29

 

27

28

29

MARCH 1

2

3

4

 

12:00 Ombudsmen Meeting

 

"DC Circuits"

Read:  4.7-4.11

 

"Fields of Moving Charges"

Read:  5.1-5.7

Pick up QUIZ #4

HW #9 Due:  Purcell 3-10, 11, 24, 4-4, 7

 

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

 

 

 

"Force on Moving Charges"
Read:  5.8, 5.9 & Appendix A

QUIZ #4 Due

 

HW #10 Due:  Purcell 4-16, 18, 19, 22, 32

 

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