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Homework page for PHYS 7590; Winter 2025 |
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homework problems will be posted on this web page, the most recent ones on top.
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· Friday, April 4: Finish reading the
lecture notes on Special Relativity and start preparing for the final exam.
· Monday, March 31: Continue reading the lecture notes
on Special Relativity until page 60.
· Friday, March 28: Continue reading the lecture
notes on Special Relativity until page 47 and read the first 4 pages of Part II
of the self-reading material (Sections 6.1-6.3 of Jackson’s book): Part I and Part II.
· Monday, March 24: Finish reading Section 6 of the lecture
notes on Special Relativity.
· Friday, March 21: Continue reading the lecture
notes on Special Relativity: Section 6 until Equation (40) on page 27 and
Section 7.
· Monday, March 17: Continue reading the lecture
notes on Special Relativity until the end of Section 5 on page 16.
· Friday, March 14: Read Pages 1-7 of the lecture notes on
Special Relativity
· Monday, March 10: Read Section 3.8 and do Problems 3.9, 3.10 and 3.22 (Due on Tuesday, March 25; this is your
Assignment 4 which you will receive on Crowdmark.).
· Friday, March 7: Finish reading Section 3.7.
· Monday, March 3: Start reading Section 3.7.
· Friday, February 28: Read Section 3.10 and do Problems
3.13 and 3.26 (Due on Monday, March
10)
· Monday, February 24: Read Sections 3.6 and 3.9.
· Friday, February 14: Read Section 3.5 and do Problems
3.1 and 3.7 (Due on Monday, March
10)
· Monday, February 10: Read Sections 3.2 and 3.3.
· Friday, February 7: Read Sections 2.11 and 3.1.
· Monday, February 3: Read Section 2.10.
· Friday, January 31: Read Sections 2.8 and 2.9; and do problem 2.23 (a,c) (Due on Friday, February 19).
· Monday, January 27: Read Section 2.7, start reading Section 2.8, and do problem 2.22
(a,b) (Due on Friday, February 19).
Also read the following brief reviews of the Legendre polynomials and Bessel functions.
· Friday, January 24: Read Section 2.6 and start reading Section 2.7.
· Monday, January 20: Read Sections 2.3-2.5, and do problem
2.7 (Due on Friday, February 19).
· Friday, January 17: Read Sections 2.1 and 2.2; and do
problem 2.3 (Due on Friday,
February 19).
· Monday, January 13: Read pages 36-41 of Chapter 1; and do Problems 1.10, 1.12 and 1.14 (Due on Monday, January 27; you will receive the complete Assignment 1 on
Crowdmark today.) Also, start reading Chapter 2.
· Friday, January 10: Read pages 29-35 of Chapter 1; and do Problem 1.5 (Due
on Monday, January 27.)
· Monday, January 6 and Wednesday, January 8: Read pages 24-28 of Chapter 1 and do Problem
1.4 (Due on Monday, January 27.)