Announcements

June 3, 2015 : Final exam will be in Mayer Hall Addition 2623 instead of the classroom.

May 25, 2015 : As we approach the end of the course, see the endgame plan on Course schedule

May 11, 2015 : Duplicate discussion section on Mondays 2pm-3pm, 5681 Mayer Hall Addition.

April 30, 2015 : Midterm room location: Center Hall 217A, on May 14 from 11 am to 12:20 pm.

April 23, 2015 : Paper on superluminality posted on the lecture notes section.

April 16, 2015 : Midterm date: Thursday, May 14, 2015.

April 14, 2015 : Papers on measuring the spin Hall effect of light with weak measurements and x-rays from scotch tape are in the Lectures section.

April 1, 2015: Welcome to 100C!

REMINDER: The Final will be held on Tuesday, June 9th from 11:30 PM to 2:29 PM in TBA. It could be open book, sheets of notes allowed, but no phones, laptops, ipads, or any other wireless devices allowed. The maximum score on each part of each problem will be displayed on the exam sheet.

Homework

Homeworks due on the day specified below at the beginning of the class. Questions on the grading of the homework will be addressed at the end of discussion session on Wednesday at 11:50 with Joe.

Solutions are posted on the TED course website.

Midterm exam: Spring 2015 --- Solutions Spring 2015

Final exam: Practice problems: 12.63, 12.64, 12.65, 12.66, 12.67, 12.68, 12.69, 12.71

Homeworks Spring 2015:

  1. Homework set 1: Griffiths 4th ed. 9.8, 9.9, 9.15 and 9.17. Due Tuesday April 7th, 2015.
  2. Homework set 2: 9.27, 9.28, 9.30, 9.32, 9.35, 9.38, 9.39. Due Tuesday April 14th, 2015.
  3. Homework set 3 (130pts): 9.19 (20), 9.20 (20), 9.21 (20), 9.22 (15), 9.23 (15), 9.24 (20), 9.25 (20). Due Tuesday April 21st, 2015.
  4. Homework set 4 (120 pts): 10.2 (10+10+5), 10.4 (15), 10.5 (10), 10.7 (5+5+10), 10.11 (30), 10.12 (20). Due Tuesday April 28th, 2015.
  5. Homework set 5 (140 pts): two problems in this pdf and 10.17, 10.19, 10.20, 10.24. Due Tuesday May 5th, 2015.
  6. Homework set 6 (40 pts): 11.3 (10 pts), 11.4 (30 pts), short hw, so you prepare for your midterms.
  7. Homework set 7 (200 pts): two problems in this pdf: Problem 1 (25 pts), Problem 2 (30 pts), including 11.8 (10), 11.9 (10), 11.10 (10), 11.11 (20), 11.14 (15), 11.16 (25), 11.21 (25), 11.24 (30). Due Tuesday May 26th, 2015 at the beginning of the class.
  8. Homework set 8 (40 pts): 12.2 (10), 12.14 (10), 12.27 (5), 12.29 (15). Due Thursday May 28th, 2015 at the beginning of the class.
  9. Homework set 9 (120 pts): 12.35 (10), 12.37 (5), 12.41 (5), 12.42 (5), 12.43 (20), 12.44 (10), 12.45 (10), 12.46 (25), 12.47 (10), 12.48 (20). Due Thurday June 4th, 2015 at the beginning of the class.