This page has problem assignments and solutions
from the text University Physics
volume 1 (I) or 2 (II), and problems from Shankar's book (S) (that also has solutions)
Please don't look at solutions until after
you make a
serious effort to solve the problems on your own.
First week (3/30):
Shankar 8.2, 8.3, 8.29. 8.30, 8.32, 9.1, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5, 9.6, 9.9, 9.11, 9.21, 9.22, 9.24
Prove that for a critically damped harmonic oscillator Eq. (17.76) of Shankar holds
Prove that for a damped oscillator equilibrium is approached fastest for critical damping
Second week (4/6):
material included in quiz 1: Shankar 9.2, 9.7, 9.10 (plus all of first week)
material not included in quiz 1: Shankar 9.14, 9.15, 9.16, 9.18, 9.20, 9.27, 9.28, 9.29, 9.30, 9.31
Third week (4/13):
Shankar 10.1, 10.2, 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 10.10, 10.11, 10.12, 10.14, 10.18, 10.19, 10.20
(Note: for quiz 2, only problems 10.1, 10.2, 10.10, 10.12, 10.14, 10.18)
Understand why 194 dB is the loudest possible sound in Earth's atmosphere
Additional sound wave problems
Solutions to additional sound wave problems
For quiz 3:
Shankar problems 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 10.11, 10.19, 10.20
Shankar problems that were part of quiz 2 are also relevant to quiz 3: 10.1, 10.2, 10.10, 10.12, 10.14, 10.18
and everything below this line up to (excluding) sixth week problems
Fourth week (4/20):
Shankar 10.3, 10.4, 10.8, 10.9, 10.13, 10.15, 10.16, 10.17
Additional problem
Solution
More additional problems
Solutions
Fifth week (4/27):
Shankar 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 11.5, 11.6, 11.7
Note: the answer given in Shankar for problem 11.4 assumes latent heat of vaporization of water is 540 Kcal/Kg. In the text he says "It is around 500 Kcal/kg. That's information I don't carry in my head". Indeed. See what you get if you use 500 instead of 540.
Note 2: for problem 11.7 you need to look up the specific heat of copper
For quiz 4: everything below this line
Sixth week (5/4): (these are not part of quiz 3)
Shankar 11.9, 11.10. 11.11, 11.13, 11.14, 11.15, 11.16, 11.17, 11.24, 11.26
(Note: problem 11.24 asks about average speed but gives answer for rms speed)
Additional problems on kinetic theory of gases
Solutions to some of these problems
Solutions to some other of these problems
Seventh week (5/11):
Shankar 11.21, 11.22, 11.23, 11.25, 11.27, 11.28
Additional problems:
University Physics Volume 2
, problems in Sect. 3.3 First Law of Thermodynamics:
# 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 45
sorry, problem 43 is ill-defined, understand why and ignore it
Solutions to additional problems
Problems above this line are for quiz 4. Problems below this line are for quiz 5.
Eighth week (5/18):
Shankar 11.18. 11.19, 11,20, 11.29, 11.30, 11.31, 11.32, 11.33, 11.34, 11.35, 11.36
Note: there is a typo in problem 11.34
Ninth week (5/25):
Tenth week (6/1):