PHYS 7590 web page, Winter 2025


Course Outline

Homework


·       The take-home final exam will be distributed at 12:00 am on April 15 and it will be due (on Crowdmark) at 11:59 pm on April 16; it will cover the relativistic EM material only (pages 41-69 of the lecture notes). So you will have two full days (Tuesday and Wednesday) to work on it.

·       The in-class final exam will be on Friday, April 11th at 9:00 am-noon in 402 Allen. The exam will cover chapters 1-3 in Jackson’s book (only the sections that were covered in the lectures) and it will be open-book, open-notes. If you don’t have hard copies of the book, you may print whatever sections or pages you need from Chapters 1-3 in addition to your notes; but you may not use electronics (phones, laptops, etc…) during the exam.

·       Assignment # 5 is due on April 7 at 11:59 pm on Crowdmark.

·       Assignment # 4 is due on March 25 at 11:59 pm on Crowdmark.

·       Assignment # 3 is due on March 10 at 11:59 pm on Crowdmark.

·       Assignment # 2 is due on February 19 at 11:59 pm on Crowdmark.

·       Assignment # 1 is due on January 27 at 11:59 pm on Crowdmark.


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