Homework

• Homework set 9, not due (solutions).

• Homework set 8, due Dec. 1.

• Homework set 7, due Nov. 17 (solutions).

• Homework set 6, due Nov. 10 (solutions).

  • Correction: momentum → angular momentum in 2(c).

• Homework set 5, due Nov. 1 (solutions).

  • Grade stats: 28 ± 12 out of 50, max 50, min 2.

  • Due date changed. However, honing your skills on the Lagragian mechanics will prepare you well for the midterm. Very basic Lagrangian problems will feature in the midterm (see the practice exam). No Hamiltonian (or effective potential defined through Hamiltonian) will be in the midterm, though. Correction: L10 → LN 8, in problem 2.

• Homework set 4, due Oct. 20 (solutions).

  • Grade stats: 37 ± 11 out of 60, max 60, min 13.

  • Problem 2: added the info that $a > 0$ is a constant too.

• Homework set 3, due Oct. 13 (solutions).

  • Grade stats: 31 ± 11 out of 50, max 49, min 4.

  • Problem 6: n = integer → n = non-zero integer.

  • Problem 5(a): "stable" added.  5(b): "Show" → "Prove" and "indeed" added.

• Homework set 2, due Oct. 6 (solutions).

  • Grade stats: 32 ± 14 out of 60, max 60, min 10.

  • Correction: sols, 1(a), line 3 of solution, at end: $\left(\begin{smallmatrix} 1\\ 0\\ 0 \end{smallmatrix}\right) \rightarrow \left(\begin{smallmatrix} 0\\ 0\\ 1 \end{smallmatrix}\right)$. — Sam, 4:49PM, Oct 10, 2011

  • Due date corrected (Thursday). One clause added to 3(c) ("that does not involve t").

• Homework set 1, due Sept. 29 (solutions).

  • Grade stats: 44 ± 5.3 out of 50, max 50, min 25.

  • Page 2: figure positions fixed. — Sam, 4:40PM, Oct 03, 2011

  • Problem 4 removed (will reappear in HW 2). — Sam, 4:24PM, Sep 22, 2011

Quiz

• Quiz 5, L with contraint (solutions).

• Quiz 4, L, H, Effective potential (solutions).

• Quiz 3, Potential and small oscillation (solutions).

  • Grade stats: 4.8 ± 2.7 out of 10, max 10, min 0.

• Quiz 2, Perturbation, Oct 13 (solutions).

  • Grade stats: 6.9 ± 2.8 out of 10, max 10, min 0.

• Quiz 1, Introduction, Oct 7 (solutions).

  • Grade stats: 7.2 ± 2.1 out of 10, max 10, min 1.

• Quiz 0, Phys-Math Questionnaire (solutions). (Not a real quiz — not graded.)

Exam

• Two big bounty questions are posted on the forum site.
  • Each question, if solved perfectly, will give you and your group members 50 points max (as in the midterm score). However, if your midterm score is already very good (close to 200 or above it, e.g.) your bounty will decrease substantially.
  • Your group consists of maximum 3 students (and minimum 1 student).
  • You are welcome to consult with other people (but me) on these questions. You can ask me only to clarify the question.
  • One or two members of the group will be required to explain your written solutions in person (just like in my office hour discussions). This interview score will be the final score.
  • Due the day of the final exam.
• Some example problems for the final. Solutions will be posted on Thursday.

  • Example problems for the final.

  • Last year’s final exam.

  • Also, review all homework problems, including the first two problems of HW 09 (see above).

  • This year's final exam may or may not be in a similar format as last year's.

• Midterm (solutions) (stats and rubrics).

  • Correction: solutions, 4: powers of sin$\theta$ corrected.

• Midterm review session summary.

• Midterm page 1 (cover sheet).

  • Minor update -- some sentences added/tweaked. Nothing major. — Sam, 10:31AM, Oct 26, 2011

• Practice exam for the midterm. The midterm will cover everything that we covered through Oct. 20's class. (solutions)

  • Two unnecessary "squares" removed from the last page of the solutions. — Sam, 2:32PM, Oct 25, 2011

  • Some steps added for the solutions of problem 4. — Sam, 12:36PM, Oct 26, 2011