Web Page for PHYS 2490 (Theoretical Physics II); Winter 2012


Course Outline

Syllabus

Homework

Midterm

Grades


Announcements

Ø  The final exam will be on Thursday, April 12, at 1:30-4:30 pm, in 405 Allen. The exam will be on all the material covered during the course with a little more weight on the material covered after the midterm. You will be tested on the concepts covered in class and in the homework problems. The exam will be closed book, but you will be permitted to have one two-sided 8.5 by 11 inch sheet of notes to aid you. In addition, there will be four pages of formulae provided (see end of the sample final exam).

Ø  Homework Assignment # 10 is due on Thursday, April 5. [See Homework page, problems assigned on March 27 and 29.]

Ø  Homework Assignment # 9 is due on Thursday, March 29. [See Homework page, problems assigned on March 20 and 22.]

Ø  Homework Assignment # 8 is due on Thursday, March 22. [See Homework page, problems assigned on March 13 and 15.]

Ø  Homework Assignment # 7 is due on Thursday, March 15. [See Homework page, problems assigned on March 6 and 8.]

Ø  Homework Assignment # 6 is due on Thursday, March 8. [See Homework page, problems assigned on February 28.]

Ø  The midterm will be on Thursday, March 1, in class; and it will cover Chapter 7 and Chapter 8. You will be tested on the concepts covered in class and in the homework problems. The exam will be closed book, but you will be permitted to have one 8.5 by 11 inch sheet of notes to aid you. In addition, you will be given with the exam a formula sheet (which includes a table of Laplace transforms). No makeup midterm exam will be given. A fair assessment will be made for certified absence in the midterm after the final examination has been written. Here are sample tests from the previous two years [winter 2010 (solution) and winter 2011 (solution)] which, together with your homework problems, contain good practice problems for the midterm.

Ø  Homework Assignment # 5 is due on Thursday, February 16. [See Homework page, problems assigned on February 7 and 9.]

Ø  Homework Assignment # 4 is due on Thursday, February 9. [See Homework page, problems assigned on January 31 and February 2.]

Ø  Homework Assignment # 3 is due on Thursday, February 2. [See Homework page, problems assigned on January 24 and 26.]

Ø  Homework Assignment # 2 is due on Thursday, January 26. [See Homework page, problems assigned on January 17 and 19.]

Ø  Homework Assignment # 1 is due on Thursday, January 19. [See Homework page, problems assigned on January 10 and 12.]


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