Calendar (with topics covered & homework)
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| 1 | 1/28 Syllabus, Harmonic Oscillator | 1/30 Energy Conservation, Pendulum | 1/31
Complex Numbers |
| 2 | 2/4 Superposition of Periodic Motion
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2/6 Example: Beats |
2/7 Free Vibrations of Physical Systems |
| 3 | 2/11 Free Vibrations of Physical Systems | 2/13 Solving Simple & Damped H.O. using
Complex Exponentials |
2/7 Transient Phenomena and Resonances |
| 4 | 2/18 Examples of Resonances | 2/20 Coupled Oscillators |
2/21 Normal Modes and Coupled Oscillators |
| 5 | 2/25 Fourier Analysis |
2/27 Normal Modes of Continuos Systems | 2/28 Normal Modes of Continuos Systems
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| 6 | Wave Motion | 3/6 Wave Motion | 3/7 Sound Waves |
| 7 | 3/11 Sound Waves |
3/13 LR Circuits |
2/7 LR Circuits |
| 8 | 3/18 REVIEW SESSION | 3/20 EXAM 1 early warning grades |
3/21 GO OVER EXAM & DISCUSSION |
| 9 | 3/27 SPRING BREAK |
3/27 SPRING BREAK |
3/28 SPRING BREAK |
| 10 | 4/3 AC Circuits | 4/3 AC Circuits | 4/4 Electromagnetic Waves |
| 11 | 4/8 Electromagnetic Waves | 4/10 Light Waves | 4/11 Light Waves |
| 12 | 4/15 Interferenz | 4/17 Interferenz | 4/17 REVIEW SESSION |
| 13 | 4/22 EXAM 2 (dvi,ps,pdf) |
4/24 GO OVER EXAM & DISCUSSION | 4/25 Diffraction |
| 14 | 4/29 Diffraction | 5/1 LABOR DAY | 5/2 Gratings and Spectra |
| 15 | 5/6 Gratings and Spectra |
5/8 Polarization | 5/9 Polarization |
| 16 | 5/13 Quantum Mechanics | |
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FINAL EXAM, May 17, 8-10am (dvi,ps,pdf) |
