Like all physics courses one the best ways to understand the material is to work through the assigned problem sets. Some of the homeworks here will be collected and graded. Others will appear on the midterm exam so it is utter madness to avoid them. As always check the website for the latest information.
| Date | Assignment | Date | Assignment | |||
| Jan | 15 | S&J Chap 2; Free Fall 1-4, hand in 4; Series 1-4, hand in 3. | Mar | 11 | Spring Break | |
| 17 | Differentiation 1-4; Differentiation lab, hand in part 3. | 13 | '' '' | |||
| 22 | ODE's 1-4; Read Sections 1.1, 1.5, and 2.1 in Garcia. | 18 | Midterm | |||
| 24 | Complete lab on First-Order ODEs, hand in no. 3. | 20 | Prepare talk for next time: Jeff, Brian, Ben, Mark, Nate | |||
| 29 | Garcia Chap 2 - 1, 11, 14; Harmonic oscillator handout 1-5. | 25 | Prepare talk for next time: Sarah, Whitney, Matt, and Andy; introductions due next time. | |||
| 31 | Hand in lab on coupled DEs, parts 2-3. | 27 | Prepare talk for next time: Jeff, Brian, Ben, Nate; introductions due. | |||
| Feb | 5 | Second order DEs handout 1-4; chaos reading 1, 2. | Apr | 1 | Prepare talk for next time: Sarah, Whitney, Matt, Mark, and Andy. | |
| 7 | Hand in Chaos 1 lab next time; Read Chap 3 in Garcia. | 3 | Prepare talk for next time: Jeff, Brian, Ben, Nate; theory section due next time. | |||
| 12 | Garcia Chap 3 - 1, 2, 8; Do up to 4.b in Chaos Lab 2. | 8 | Prepare talk for next time; theory section due. | |||
| 14 | Hand in Chaos 2 lab; Read Chap 44 in Serway and Jewett; Nuclear smuggling. | 10 | Prepare Student talks for next time: Jeff, Brian, Ben, Nate. | |||
| 19 | Nuclear Physics handout 1-6; Garcia Chap 11 - 8. | 15 | Prepare Student talks for next time: Sarah, Whitney, Matt, Mark, and Andy. | |||
| 21 | Hand in Lab on nuclear self-attenuation. | 17 | Prepare Student talks for next time: Jeff, Brian, Ben, Nate. | |||
| 26 | HEU Gun-Type Weapons | 22 | Codes due; Prepare Student talks for next time: Sarah, Whitney, Matt, Mark, and Andy. | |||
| 28 | PDE handout 1-2, Project topic due next time; Garcia Chap 6 - 1, 10; Diffusion Equation reading. | 24 | Final Papers Due: Wednesday, April 30, noon | |||
| Mar | 4 | Hand in PDE lab. | ||||
| 6 | Review |
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