Required class preparation
The following preparation is to be completed before class on the date listed.
Wednesday 9/3/08 - Review Unit Q from Physics 233
Friday 9/5/08 - Read all of Chapter 1, summarize, solve problem 1.1, and extra problem given in class
Monday 9/8/08 - Read 2.1-2.2, summarize, solve problem 2.5.
Wednesday 9/10/08 - Read 2.3.1, summarize, solve problem 2.10.
Friday 9/12/08 - Read 2.3.2, summarize, solve problem 2.10 again, this time using Hermite polynomials.
Monday 9/15/08 - Read 2.4, summarize, solve problem 2.21 & start problem 2.22.
Wednesday 9/17/08 - Read 2.5, summarize, solve problem 2.23.
Friday 9/19/08 - Read 2.6, summarize, solve problem 2.32.
Monday 9/22/08 - Review Chapter 2, summarize important points of chapter, pick a problem: 2.35 (10/10 pts), 2.37 (10), 2.38 (11), 2.39 (10), 2.40 (10), 2.41 (10), 2.42 (10), 2.43 (12), 2.44 (12), 2.47 (11).
Wednesday 9/24/08 - Review Chapters 1&2, come up with questions, write a list of equations for test.
Friday 9/26/08 - Exam 1
Monday 9/29/08 - Read 3.1-3.2, summarize, solve problem 3.4d.
Wednesday 10/1/08 - Read 3.3-3.4, summarize, solve problem 3.10.
10/6/08 - 10/16/2008 - Physics appreciation week
Friday 10/24/08 - Read 4.2, summarize, solve problem 4.15
Monday 10/27/08 - Read 4.3.1, summarize, solve problem 4.19
Wednesday 10/29/08 - Read 4.3.2, summarize, solve problem 4.22
Friday 10/31/08 - Read 4.4.1-4.4.2, summarize, solve problem 4.26
Monday 11/3/08 - Read 4.4.3, summarize, solve problem 4.55
Wednesday 11/5/08 - Review chapters 3&$, come up with questions, write a list of equations for test.
Friday 11/7/08 - Exam 2
Monday 11/10/08 - Read 5.1, summarize, solve problem 5.7
Wednesday 11/12/08 - Read 5.2, summarize, solve problem 5.10 & 5.14
Friday 11/14/08 - Read 8.1 & 8.2, summarize, fill in missing steps in Example 8.2, especially integral for gamma and finding K1 & K2, also read 8.3 for concepts, don't worry about the math in that section
Monday 11/17/08 - Read 6.1, summarize, solve problem 6.3
Wednesday 11/19/08 - Read 6.2, summarize, solve problem 6.8
Friday 11/21/08 - Read 6.3.1, summarize, solve problem 6.11
Monday 11/24/08 - Read 6.3.2, summarize, solve problem 6.16
Monday 12/1/08 - Read 6.4-6.5 and summarize, don't worry too much about the math in this section
Wednesday 12/3/08 - review chapters 6 & 8
Friday 12/5/08 - review all material covered, briefly outline formulas, topics, etc. that should be known for the final
Monday 12/8/08 - Review for final
Tuesday 9/9/08 - 1.3, 1.5, 1.7, 1.9
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Homework
All homework is due at 1:00 pm on the day indicated
Tuesday 9/16/08 - 2.4, 2.7, 2.11, 2.12, 2.16, 2.22
Tuesday 9/23/08 - 2.27, 2.28, 2.29, 2.30, 2.34, +
Hints: 2.27: see problem 2.1(c); solution for K is a transcendental
equation that must be solved graphically.
2.28: assume the wave arrives from the right and write solution in terms of g=hbar2 k/2m alpha and phi=4ka
Thursday 10/2/08 - 3.3, 3.6, 3.8, 3.9, 3.11
Hint: 3.11: use hint from 2.22b for the integral
Tuesday 10/14/08 - 3.13, 3.15, 3.16, 3.17, 3.22, 3.27, 3.30, 3.31, 3.32, 3.37, plus chapter 3 summary and e-mail message.
Tuesday 10/28/08 - 4.2, 4.3, 4.8, 4.11, 4.13, 4.18
Tuesday 11/4/08 - 4.21, 4.23, 4.27, 4.29, 4.31, 4.34
Thursday 11/13/08 - 5.4, 5.6, 5.9, 5.12
Thursday 11/20/08 - 8.1, 8.3, 6.1, 6.4 (a) only, 6.6, 6.9
Hint 8.1: put square root terms on one side before squaring, but you will still have a square root after that. Plug in En0 and again get square root term alone. Square again and you will be on the right path.
Hint 8.3: Finding T should be relatively easy, proving it is the same as T from Problem 2.33 is the hard part. Begin with solution from 2.33 and put in terms of gamma, then assume gamma is large, with this assumption you should show that the solution to 2.33 is a constant times the solution to 8.3.
Tuesday 11/25/08 - 6.12, 6.13, 6.17, 6.19
Hint 6.13: In problem 4.43 s is NOT spin, it merely represents the power to which r is raised. The solution to 4.43c is that the expectation value of r^s = (s+6)!/6! x (3a/2)^s.
Hint 6.19: Do the expansion (see equations 4&6 in binomial expansion) in stages, starting from the most buried term (sqrt[(j+1/2)^2-alpha^2] expanded to alpha^2, then plug this into the next most buried term (just the fraction) and expand that to alpha^2. Plug that result into the ()^-1/2 term and expand to alpha^4.
Tuesday 12/2/08 - Write a one-page summary of Chapters 6 & 8 and e-mail to me by 1 pm. Include what the point of these chapters is; physically, what are they doing? Also include a very brief summary of the mathematical methods.
Final Exam
The final exam consits of 3 parts, each worth 50% of the final exam grade. You must choose only 2 parts that you will do.
