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Readings and Problem Sets
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This page contains pdf versions of the problem sets for the course, in case you forget to pick up a problem set in class. Please note that solution sets will only be available at the lectures, although you are free to visit my office to get a copy if you happen to lose any of them.
Each problem set is due at 3:00 pm at Wean Hall 7414 on the date indicated on the problem set.
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Week I: 16 – 20 January
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Problem Set 1:
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Monday |
No lecture
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Tuesday |
Lecture 1. Coulomb’s law and charge
Read before the lecture: sections 16.1, 16.2, 5.5, 5.6/chapter I.1–I.5
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Wednesday |
Lecture 2. The electric field
Read before the lecture: section 2.1
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Thursday |
Recitation 1. Coulomb’s law and vectors
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Friday |
Problem set 1 due
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Week II: 23 – 27 January
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Problem Set 2:
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Monday |
Lecture 3. Distributions of charge
Read before the lecture: sections 16.3, 16.4/chapter I.6–I.8
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Tuesday |
Recitation 2. Distributions of charge
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Wednesday |
Lecture 4. The electric potential
Read before the lecture: sections 16.5, 16.6/chapter II
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Thursday |
Recitation 3. The electric potential
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Friday |
Problem set 2 due
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Week III: 30 January – 3 February
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Problem Set 3:
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Monday |
Lecture 5. Dipoles
Read before the lecture: section 16.7/chapter III.1–III.4
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Tuesday |
Recitation 4. Electric dipoles
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Wednesday |
Lecture 6. Capacitors
Read before the lecture: sections 16.9, 16.10, 16.11/chapter III.5–III.9
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Thursday |
Recitation 5. Capacitors
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Friday |
Problem set 3 due
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Week IV: 6 – 10 February
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Problem Set 4:
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Monday |
Lecture 7. Symmetries
Read before the lecture: chaper IV
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Tuesday |
Recitation 6. Symmetries
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Wednesday |
Lecture 8. Gauss’s law
Read before the lecture: sections 16.12, 16.13/chapter V
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Thursday |
Recitation 7. Gauss’s law
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Friday |
Problem set 4 due
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Week V: 13 – 17 February
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Problem Set 5:
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Monday |
Lecture 9. Currents, Ohm’s law, and power
Read before the lecture: sections 17.1–17.4, 17.9/chapter VI.1–VI6
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Tuesday |
Recitation 8. Currents and resistance
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Wednesday |
Lecture 10. Kirchhoff’s rules and RC circuits
Read before the lecture: sections 17.5, 17.6, 17.7/chapter VI.7–VI.11
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Thursday |
Recitation 9. Kirchhoff’s rules and RC circuits
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Friday |
Problem set 5 due
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Week VI: 20 – 24 February
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Monday |
Lecture 11. A circuit model of an axon
Read before the lecture: sections 18.1, 18.2, 18.3/chapter VII.1, VII.2
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Tuesday |
Recitation 10. More on circuits
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Wednesday |
Lecture 12. A circuit model of an axon
Read before the lecture: sections 18.4, 18.5/chpater VII.3–VII.5
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Thursday |
Recitation 11. Nerves
EXAMINATION I
Material covered: chapters 16
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Friday |
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Week VII: 27 February – 3 March
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Problem Set 6:
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Monday |
Lecture 13. Magnetic fields and magnetid forces
Read before the lecture: sections 19.1–19.4/chapters VIII.1, VIII.3, VIII.4
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Tuesday |
Recitation 12. Magnetic fields and Lorentz force law
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Wednesday |
Lecture 14. A current loop as a dipole
Read before the lecture: sections 19.5/chapter IX.1–IX.3
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Thursday |
Recitation 13. Magnetic dipoles
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Friday |
Problem set 6 due
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SPRING BREAK: 6 – 10 March
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Week VIII: 13 – 17 March
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Problem Set 7:
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Monday |
Lecture 15. Atomic dipoles and electric and magnetic forces
Read before the lecture: section 19.5/chapter IX
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Tuesday |
Recitation 14. Electric and magnetic forces
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Wednesday |
Lecture 16. The Biot-Savart law
Read before the lecture: sections 19.7, 19.8/chapter X
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Thursday |
Recitation 15. The Biot-Savart law
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Friday |
Problem set 7 due
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Week IX: 20 – 24 March
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Problem Set 8:
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Monday |
Lecture 17. Ampère’s law
Read before the lecture: section 19.12/chapter XI
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Tuesday |
Recitation 16. Ampère’s law
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Wednesday |
Lecture 18. Faraday’s law
Read before the lecture: sections 20.1, 20.2, 20.3/chapter XII.1–XII.4
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Thursday |
Recitation 17. Magnetic flux and Faraday’s law
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Friday |
Problem set 8 due
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Week X: 27 – 31 March
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Problem Set 9:
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Monday |
Lecture 19. Alternating currents
Read before the lecture: section 20.3, 20.4/chapter XII.5–XII.7
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Tuesday |
Recitation 18. Generators, transformers, AC currents
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Wednesday |
Lecture 20. Inductance and magnetic materials
Read before the lecture: section 20.6, 20.7, 20.8/chapter XIII
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Thursday |
Recitation 19. Inductors and inductances
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Friday |
Problem set 9 due
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Week XI: 3 – 7 April
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Monday |
Lecture 21. Waves and their basic features
Read before the lecture: section 21.1, 21.2, 21.3/chapter XV.1–XV.3
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Tuesday |
Recitation 20. Maxwell’s equations
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Wednesday |
Lecture 22. Standing waves, travelling waves, interference
Read before the lecture: sections 21.4, 21.7/chapter XV.4
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Thursday |
Recitation 21. Properties of waves
EXAMINATION II
Material covered: chapters 17 to 21
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Friday |
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Week XII: 10 – 14 April
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Monday |
Lecture 23. Boundary conditions
Read before the lecture: sections 21.5, 21.6/chapter XVI
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Tuesday |
Recitation 22. Resonant standing waves
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Wednesday |
Lecture 24. Energy, momentum, polarisation, reflection
Read before the lecture: sections 21.5, 21.6, 23.1–23.3/chapter XVII
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Thursday |
No recitation
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Friday |
No lecture
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Week XIII: 17 – 21 April
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Problem Set 10:
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Monday |
Lecture 25. Refraction, interference, and diffraction
Read before the lecture: sections 23.4–23.8/chapter XVIII.1–XVIII.4
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Tuesday |
Recitation 23. Polarisation and diffraction
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Wednesday |
Lecture 26. Single-slit diffraction, mirrors, and lenses
Read before the lecture: sections 23.9, 24.1, 24.2/chapter XVIII.5, XIX.1, XIX.2
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Thursday |
Recitation 24. Diffraction and mirrors
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Friday |
Problem set 10 due
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Week XIV: 24 – 28 April
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Problem Set 11:
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Monday |
Lecture 27. Forming images with lenses
Read before the lecture: section 24.3/chapter XIX.3, XIX.4
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Tuesday |
Recitation 25. Lenses
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Wednesday |
Lecture 28. Magnification and magnifying glasses
Read before the lecture: sections 24.4, 24.5/chapter XIX.5, XIX.6
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Thursday |
Recitation 26. Forming images through lenses
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Friday |
Problem set 11 due
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