Based on the survey responses so far (after filtering out the ones from random internet hobos filling it out), pretty much everyone has more than enough math background for what we'll need to do. I will stick to the level implied by the math prerequisites for any required work, but in lectures I will show you a few extra things, just because it will help later on, and it will be really cool. Anyway: don't freak out too much about the math, I will teach/remind you what we need as it comes up.
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Saturday, October 17, 2009
Relativistic time dilation
... how the last minute of a football quarter seems to take half an hour watching it on TV, in spite of what the on-field clock says. (The second quarter will not seem to end ...)
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Friday
Friday, we'll worry about energy & momentum in relativity, and if there is time, work out some reasonably general transformations of the E&B fields between reference frames. Basically, finish reading the first chapter of the ph102 notes, and you'll be ready for that. See here for an overview of much of what I did today with E&B, along with some additional notes on radiation & accelerated charges.
You might also find Lecture 12 here useful. For that matter, the rest of those notes are great too. If there is a model for how I've been trying to plan the course thusfar (if it is not apparent, I am planning things to a degree!), it would be 8.022 at MIT.
We'll make sure to spend some time on the homework problems that are still nagging you by then too ...
Also, Drew inadvertently reminded me about something: every time I make a crack about engineers, you should remind me that my undergrad degree is in Materials Science & Engineering ;-)
You might also find Lecture 12 here useful. For that matter, the rest of those notes are great too. If there is a model for how I've been trying to plan the course thusfar (if it is not apparent, I am planning things to a degree!), it would be 8.022 at MIT.
We'll make sure to spend some time on the homework problems that are still nagging you by then too ...
Also, Drew inadvertently reminded me about something: every time I make a crack about engineers, you should remind me that my undergrad degree is in Materials Science & Engineering ;-)
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Homework
Maybe I'm just loopy from preparing my tenure dossier, but here are some thoughts on homework.
1) By way of Drew: "Problems worthy / of attack / prove their worth / by fighting back."
2) I showed some grad students and faculty your homework, and they now fear you. You will be rocking PH331 and ECE340 when the time comes, because you're doing their homework already ;-)
1) By way of Drew: "Problems worthy / of attack / prove their worth / by fighting back."
2) I showed some grad students and faculty your homework, and they now fear you. You will be rocking PH331 and ECE340 when the time comes, because you're doing their homework already ;-)
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