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'''An email message to everyone in class, with the subject line "OH, homework, and quiz," has been sent out, on 10:22 AM, Jan 13, Sunday.''' ~-It is the first email message sent directly from my computer, using my personal grading software &ndash; this is the way that all emails will be sent from me from now on. It is crucial that you are able to receive my email messages. If you indicated your preferred email addres in the questionnaire, then you will be receiving my emails at that address.-~ '''If you did ''not'' receive the above mentioned email message sent out this morning, then it indicates a serious problem! If this is the case, then you ''must'' email me!''' &mdash; [[Sam]], ~-''<<DateTime(2013-01-13T10:50:21-0800)>>''-~
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  * No reading quiz today, since reading quiz is a bit ahead of lecture. Please start reviewing! Read everything. "Reading backwards" is often a good strategy: practice exam first, and then read lecture notes, clicker quizzes, reading quizzes, books, etc. &ndash; ~-''<<DateTime(2013-01-24T04:23:33-0800)>>''-~

  * Practice exam for midterm 1 is posted. Please '''[[Lecture+|check here]]'''. &ndash; ~-''<<DateTime(2013-01-23T18:36:42-0800)>>''-~

  * Updated office hours and TA discussion section schedules have been posted. Check them at '''[[Syllabus+]]'''. &ndash; ~-''<<DateTime(2013-01-15T22:33:16-0800)>>''-~
 * In today's class, some discussion about the computer algorithm has seeped in. In the process, the two things (binary search (or bisection search) and quick sort) were sort of mixed up. Please check "DF" above to see a cleaner discussion of this. In particular, Nathan's comment on the quick sort algorithm speed ''was'' correct! Sorry about any confusion that you might have had! &ndash; ~-''<<DateTime(2013-02-01T11:22:27-0800)>>''-~
 
 * Midterm 1 stats are out -- please check them out at [[Lecture+]]. Tomorrow, you will get your exam back. &ndash; ~-''<<DateTime(2013-01-31T17:06:50-0800)>>''-~

Welcome to Phys 5B, 2013!

  • In today's class, some discussion about the computer algorithm has seeped in. In the process, the two things (binary search (or bisection search) and quick sort) were sort of mixed up. Please check "DF" above to see a cleaner discussion of this. In particular, Nathan's comment on the quick sort algorithm speed was correct! Sorry about any confusion that you might have had! – 12:22PM, Feb 01, 2013

  • Midterm 1 stats are out -- please check them out at Lecture+. Tomorrow, you will get your exam back. – 6:06PM, Jan 31, 2013

Welcome to the second part of Physics 5!

In this course, we will continue the exploration of the introductory physics. We will start with the simple harmonic oscillator. Then, we will study waves in general. This will lead to geometric optics and related topics. Lastly, we will come back to fluids and statics. If we somehow run out of time, we might leave some topics like fluids for reading only. I like to go through the simple harmonic oscillator and waves, slowly but surely, so that we cover these supremely important topics well enough.