PHYSICS 706



PHYSICS 706, SPRING 2008

(updated May 14, 2008)

  • Reminder: FINAL (take home) due in class on Thursday, May 15. The exam can be downloaded through the links below.
    NO LATE EXAMS WILL BE ACCEPTED!!

  • FINAL: (postscript) (pdf)

  • INTERMEDIATE GRADES and MIDTERM SCORES
    Intermediate grades have been calculated based on 1/3 homework and 2/3 midterm, and are estimates only. They are listed by your SFSU student ID, followed by the score on the midterm (out of a maximum of 50). The average grade is a B+; the average on the midterm was 41 out of 50 points, maximum 49, minimum 31.
    Click here: grades

  • course syllabus: (postscript) (pdf)

    Sofar, we have covered the material of chapter 1, section 1 (but see also the discussion of the spin-1/2 example on pages 26-28; I did that example in more detail in class, but did not discuss the instructive analogy with polarized light on pages 6-10), sections 2 through 7, chapter 2, sections 1 through 4 (I discussed the WKB approximation in much more detail; see for instance the book by Griffiths listed in the syllabus), chapter 3, sections 1, 2, elements of section 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, chapter 4, sections 1, 2, 3, chapter 5, sections 1, 2, 3 (only van der Waals), 4, 5, 6, chapter 6, sections 1, 2, 3.

  • homework set #1; due: February 7 (postscript) (pdf)
  • homework set #2; due: February 14 (postscript) (pdf)
  • homework set #3; due: February 21 (postscript) (pdf)
  • homework set #4; due: February 28 (postscript) (pdf)
  • homework set #5; due: March 13 (postscript) (pdf)
  • homework set #6; due: March 20 (postscript) (pdf)
  • homework set #7; due: April 3 (postscript) (pdf)
  • homework set #8; due: April 17 (postscript) (pdf)
  • homework set #9; due: May 1 (postscript) (pdf)
  • homework set #10; due: May 8 (postscript) (pdf)