Physics 100 A Discussion Section

Here I'll be posting some things which are pertinent to discussion section, and also anything related to homework grades or solutions. For the full syllabus for the class, please see Elijah's main web page for the course.


Homework Solutions

Here are the solutions for the various homeworks

Homework One
Homework Two
Homework Three (Correction made on 7/26/11)

Midterm Solutions

Here are the midterm solutions

Midterm Solutions

along with the Midterm itself for reference

Midterm

Grades

Below are the grade distributions for each homework assignment (along with the midterm)

Homework One (Out of 55):


Midterm (Out of 100):


Homework Two (Out of 65):


Homework Three (Out of 45):


Homework Three (Out of 30):


Final (Out of 100):




Overall Course Grade (Out of 100):


Discussion Section Clarifications

Occasionally, if I think of something I said in discussion section which wasn't quite right, and I want to clarify it a little bit, I'll try to post a short write-up about it. These write-ups can be found here.

Discussion Section Two (Correction made on 7/6/11)

Boris Svistunov's Notes

Back when I was in undergrad, I took a similar course with Boris Svistunov at the University of Massachusetts. I always thought his notes were very good, so I've gotten his permission to post them here. For completeness I've posted the full set, but I'll put a star next to certain ones as they become relevant to the course. The notes also have some really good problem sets that may help get some of these ideas down. I've also posted his notes from a similar course, designed for graduate students.

Physics 282 - Complex Numbers
Physics 282 - Vector Spaces*
Physics 282 - Separation of Variables in Linear PDE*
Physics 282 - More Problems on PDEs*
Physics 282 - From Fourier Series to Fourier Integral*
Physics 282 - One-Dimensional Wave Equation on an Infinite Axis*
Physics 282 - Operators and Matrices*
Physics 282 - Jacobians
Physics 282 - Vector Calculus

Physics 605 - Functions of a Complex Variable
Physics 605 - Linear Response
Physics 605 - Hilbert Spaces*
Physics 605 - Separation of Variables in Linear PDE: One-Dimensional Problems*
Physics 605 - Separation of Variables in 3D/2D Linear PDE*
Physics 605 - Green's Functions*
Physics 605 - Fourier Series and Integral*
Physics 605 - Green's Function of the Wave Equation*
Physics 605 - Laplace Transform
Physics 605 - Fundamental Solution
Physics 605 - Complex Variables in Classical Hamiltonian Mechanics