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Assignments Due |
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| Week 1 |
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| 1-Sep |
1 |
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Surveys |
| Week 2 |
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| 6-Sep |
2 |
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Introduction |
| 8-Sep |
3 |
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HW 1 |
Introduction to Mathematica |
| Week 3: |
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| 12-Sep |
4 |
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Dimensional
analysis |
| 13-Sep |
5 |
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Natural scales, estimation |
| 15-Sep |
6 |
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HW 2 |
Taylor series |
| Week 4 |
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| 19-Sep |
7 |
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Vectors: Math |
| 20-Sep |
8 |
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Vectors: Physics |
| 22-Sep |
9 |
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HW 3 |
Newton's laws |
| Week 5 |
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| 26-Sep |
10 |
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Numerical methods for ODEs: Euler |
| 27-Sep |
11 |
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Numerical methods for ODEs: 1/2 step |
| 29-Sep |
12 |
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HW 4 |
Work, dot product |
| Week 6 |
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| 3-Oct |
13 |
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Energy,line integrals |
| 4-Oct |
14 |
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ODEs, SHO, undamped |
| 6-Oct |
15 |
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HW 5 |
Review |
| Week 7 |
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| 10-Oct |
16 |
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Exam 1 |
| 11-Oct |
17 |
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Coupled oscillators: solution |
| 13-Oct |
18 |
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HW 6 |
Go over Exam 1 |
| Week 8 |
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| 17-Oct |
19 |
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Complex numbers and solving ODEs |
| 18-Oct |
20 |
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Mathematica 1 |
| 20-Oct |
21 |
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HW 6 |
Damped driven |
| 21-Oct |
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Exam 1 Makeup |
| Week 9 |
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| 24-Oct |
22 |
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Coupled oscillators: setup |
| 25-Oct |
23 |
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Coupled oscillators: solution |
| 27-Oct |
24 |
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HW 7 |
Coupled oscillators: interpretation |
| Week 10 |
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| 31-Oct |
25 |
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Dirac notation |
| 1-Nov |
26 |
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Mathematica 2 |
| 3-Nov |
27 |
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HW 8 |
Linear Spaces |
| Week 11 |
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| 7-Nov |
28 |
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Transverse oscillators |
| 8-Nov |
29 |
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Examples |
| 10-Nov |
30 |
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HW 9 |
Waves
on a string: wave equation |
| Week 12 |
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| 14-Nov |
31 |
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Standing
waves: Fourier series |
| 15-Nov |
32 |
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Completeness
and Pseudobasis |
| 17-Nov |
33 |
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HW 10 |
Fourier Transforms |
| Week 13 |
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| 21-Nov |
34 |
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Exam 2 |
| 22-Nov |
35 |
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| Week 14 |
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| 28-Nov |
36 |
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| 29-Nov |
37 |
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| 1-Dec |
38 |
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HW 11 |
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| 2-Dec |
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Exam 2 Makeup |
| Week 15 |
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| 5-Dec |
39 |
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| 6-Dec |
40 |
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| 8-Dec |
41 |
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HW 12 |
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| 12-Dec |
42 |
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| 13-Dec |
43 |
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HW 13 |
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| 15-Dec |
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Final Exam (8:00-12:00) |
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| RETURNS |
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| University
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Physics Department |
Physics 374 Home |
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| This page prepared by |
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| Edward F. Redish |
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| Department of Physics |
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| University of Maryland |
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| College Park, MD 20742 |
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| Phone: (301) 405-6120 |
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| Email:
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| Last revision 8. November 2005. |
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