PHYS212
: Schedule
Tuesday
Thursday
Homework
19-23 Jan
Part I: Classical Waves
Complex Exponentials
Simple Harmonic Oscillations
The Double Pendulum
Lab 1: The Double Pendulum
HW1
26-30 Jan
Two Beads on a String
N Beads on a String
The Hanging Chain
HW2
2-6 Feb
The Hanging Chain...
Lab 2: The Hanging Chain
The Continuous Limit
Plane Waves
Superposition
HW3
9-13 Feb
Fourier Series
Fourier Transformations
HW4
16-20 Feb
The Gaussian Wave Packet
Exam 1: Through Fourier Series
23-27 Feb
Fourier Analysis in Frequency and Time
Bandwidth Limits
Discrete Fourier Transformations
MP3 Encoding
Lab 3: Fourier Analysis
HW5
2-6 Mar
Acoustic Waves
Energy and Intensity
Lab 4: The Labyrinth
9-13 Mar
Spring
Break
16-20 Mar
Energy and Intensity ...
Reflection and Refraction
HW6
23-27 Mar
Doppler Shift of Sound
Electromagnetic Waves
Polarization
Energy, Power, and Intensity
HW7
30 Mar-3 Apr
Reflection and Refraction
The Doppler Shift of Light
Exam Review
HW8
6-10 Apr
Part II: Quantum Mechanical Waves
The Wave Function and Probability
The Schrödinger Equation
Separation of Variables, Plane Waves
Units
The Infinite Square Well
Exam 2: Through Sound
13-17 Apr
Separation of Variables, Plane Waves
Units
The Infinite Square Well
Time Dependent
Perturbation Theory
HW9
20-24 Apr
Transitions and Radiation
Selection Rules for Transitions
Transitions and Radiation ...
EPR and Bell's Theorem
HW10
27 Apr-1 May
EPR and Bell's Theorem ...
EPR and Bell's Theorem ...
HW11
4-8 May
11-15 May
Exam 3: The Rest
9 am - noon, Pfahler 007
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