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== Exam ==

 * '''Midterm''': The midterm on Nov 4 will cover materials up to Lecture note 9. However, materials in lecture notes 8 and 9 will be treated ''very lightly.''

   * <<la(E01.pdf, "The exam")>> and <<la(E01-Sols.pdf, "the solutions")>>. [[Grading Rubric Midterm|The score distribution and the full grading rubrics are available here]].

   * The review session is 3-5 PM on Nov 2, Sunday, in room PSB 114.

      * <<ln("https://copy.com/wJGlUZScawvAVN6K", "The audio recording")>> and <<la("Midterm-Review--Photos.pdf", "the photos of the blackboard")>> are available for those of you who could not make it to the session.

   * <<ln("https://gweon.com/ph105-11/Homework+?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=E01.pdf", "Last year's midterm")>> should be reviewed. It should be regarded as a practice exam for this year. (However, you can ignore problem 2.) ~-(<<la(Last-year-midterm-w-sols.pdf, "solutions included")>>)-~

   * <<ln("https://gweon.com/ph105-11/Homework+?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=E01-Practice.pdf", "Last year's pre-exam")>> can be reviewed as well. ~-(<<la(Last-year-practice-sols.pdf, "solutions")>>)-~

   * There will not be any quiz on this Thursday (Oct 30), nor will there be any new homework given out on that day. A new homework will be posted on Nov 4 and will be due Nov 13.
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== Exam ==

 * '''Midterm''': The midterm on Nov 4 will cover materials up to Lecture note 9. However, materials in lecture notes 8 and 9 will be treated ''very lightly.''

   * <<la(E01.pdf, "The exam")>> and <<la(E01-Sols.pdf, "the solutions")>>. [[Grading Rubric Midterm|The score distribution and the full grading rubrics are available here]].

   * The review session is 3-5 PM on Nov 2, Sunday, in room PSB 114.

      * <<ln("https://copy.com/wJGlUZScawvAVN6K", "The audio recording")>> and <<la("Midterm-Review--Photos.pdf", "the photos of the blackboard")>> are available for those of you who could not make it to the session.

   * <<ln("https://gweon.com/ph105-11/Homework+?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=E01.pdf", "Last year's midterm")>> should be reviewed. It should be regarded as a practice exam for this year. (However, you can ignore problem 2.) ~-(<<la(Last-year-midterm-w-sols.pdf, "solutions included")>>)-~

   * <<ln("https://gweon.com/ph105-11/Homework+?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=E01-Practice.pdf", "Last year's pre-exam")>> can be reviewed as well. ~-(<<la(Last-year-practice-sols.pdf, "solutions")>>)-~

   * There will not be any quiz on this Thursday (Oct 30), nor will there be any new homework given out on that day. A new homework will be posted on Nov 4 and will be due Nov 13.

Homework

  • Homework 6, due 1 PM, Nov 21 (ISB 249): Effective potential, Constraint, Poisson bracket

    • Change: Due date.—1:21AM, Nov 18, 2014

  • Homework 5, due Nov 13: Principle of least action, Lagrangian, Hamiltonian (with solutions)

    • Correction: Problem 2 (a),(b) solutions: One sign error (part (a)) and one trigonometric error (part (b)), corrected.—3:25PM, Nov 15, 2014

    • Addition: Footnote 1. Also, Ferma → Fermat at one place.—8:37AM, Nov 12, 2014

    • Correction: Tuesday → Thursday for the due date.—4:02PM, Nov 06, 2014

  • Homework 4, due Oct 30: Small oscillations (with solutions)

    • Score stats: 72 ± 16 (out of 90).

    • Correction: Problem 4, 2(d), solution, line 4: $U''(a) \rightarrow U''(b)$ (Thanks, EH!).—8:19AM, Nov 04, 2014

    • Addition: Problem 3(g), the definition of $Q$ is explicitly given.—12:30PM, Oct 23, 2014

  • Homework 3, due Oct 23: Perturbation, Circular motion (with solutions)

    • Score stats: 49 ± 15 (out of 60).

    • Change: Problem 1(a) became an extra-credit problem.—12:50PM, Oct 21, 2014

  • Homework 2, due Oct 16: Newton’s laws (with solutions)

    • Score stats: 45 ± 22 (out of 75).—2:55PM, Oct 21, 2014

    • Correction: Problem 2: oppositive → opposite.—7:12PM, Oct 22, 2014

    • Change: Problem 2(e): $v_0/v_\infty \rightarrow v/v_\infty$ (Thanks to KD, for pointing out this error!)—5:47AM, Oct 15, 2014

  • Homework 1, due Oct 9: Intro (matrix, vector, perturbation,…) (with solutions)

    • Score stats: 61 ± 8 (out of 70).—12:52PM, Oct 16, 2014

    • Change: Problem 4(a): $\sqrt{1-x} \rightarrow \sqrt{2-x}$.—11:37AM, Oct 03, 2014

Quiz

  • Quiz 2, due noon, Oct 24: Newton’s laws (with solutions)

    • Score stats: 8.7 ± 2.5 (out of 10; more info incl. the grading rubric).—2:24AM, Oct 28, 2014

    • Change: “and $h_1$” → “given $h_1$” in part (b).—2:24PM, Oct 23, 2014

    • Must be submitted to me at my office (ISB 249) 1-5PM, Oct 23, or 9AM-12PM, Oct 24, or can be emailed to me by noon, Oct 24.

  • Quiz 1, due Oct 21: A perturbation problem (with solutions)

    • Score stats: 7.8 ± 3.0 (out of 10).—6:55AM, Oct 22, 2014

    • Correction: Seconed line: exam → quiz.—1:00PM, Oct 16, 2014

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