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== Welcome to Phys 5B, 2014! == == Welcome to Physics 5B, 2014! ==
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<<fl(W)>>'''elcome students!''' This course will proceed somewhat like <<ln("/ph5b-13", this course)>>. Please check out that web site in order to roughly learn what to expect. However, note that some technical aspects will be quite different from the last year&mdash;read below (red).&mdash;~-''<<DateTime(2013-12-28T20:59:07-0800)>>''-~   * '''Midterm is over.''' Check solutions ([[Homework+]]) and fill in the gaps of understanding, if possible. Much of it would continue to matter for the final exam, also, since we will continue doing waves, and interference, and so on, just with a different wave (light) for the next few lectures. Also, while you are at [[Homework+]], '''remember to download Homework 5''' if you did not pick up a hardcopy right after the exam.&mdash;~-''<<DateTime(2014-02-14T17:09:28-0800)>>''-~
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  * In particular, check the <<ln("https://griffin.ucsc.edu/ph5b-13/Syllabus+?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=00-Syllabus.pdf", old syllabus)>> for '''the textbook and the course topics'''. A new syllabus will be posted as the new quarter starts, but the textbook and the chapters to be covered will not change.

  * <<color("However, NO Mastering Physics and NO clicker will be used for this course")>>. Do not purchase these things for the purpose of this course. ''In these regards, this year's course will be much different from the last year's course.''

  * The number of exams may not be the same as the last year&rsquo;s, although I am not absolutely decided on this at the moment.
  * Thanks to those students who participated in the device poll. Here is a summary.
    * ic: 21/98, sp: 84/98, tm: 85/98, lp: 67/98, tb: 14/98
    * sp|tm: 94/98, sp|tm|lp: 96/98, sp|tm|lp|tb: 96/98 (&ldquo;|&rdquo; means &ldquo;or&rdquo;)
  ic=i-clicker, sp=smart phone, tm=text messaging, lp=laptop, tb=tablet.&mdash;~-''<<DateTime(2014-01-09T13:37:18-0800)>>''-~
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<<h(<div style="margin-top: -1.0em; text-align: right;">)>>~-[[OldNews|Archived news items can be found here]].-~<<h(</div>)>>

Welcome to Physics 5B, 2014!

  • Midterm is over. Check solutions (Homework+) and fill in the gaps of understanding, if possible. Much of it would continue to matter for the final exam, also, since we will continue doing waves, and interference, and so on, just with a different wave (light) for the next few lectures. Also, while you are at Homework+, remember to download Homework 5 if you did not pick up a hardcopy right after the exam.—6:09PM, Feb 14, 2014

  • Thanks to those students who participated in the device poll. Here is a summary.
    • ic: 21/98, sp: 84/98, tm: 85/98, lp: 67/98, tb: 14/98
    • sp|tm: 94/98, sp|tm|lp: 96/98, sp|tm|lp|tb: 96/98 (“|” means “or”)

    ic=i-clicker, sp=smart phone, tm=text messaging, lp=laptop, tb=tablet.—2:37PM, Jan 09, 2014

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.