PHYSICS 460 PHYSICS 460, FALL 2009

(updated Nov. 30, 2009)

FINAL EXAM:

The midterm exam will have an in-class portion, which will take place on December 10, and a take-home portion, due a week later, on December 17 in my mailbox BEFORE 4 pm. The material covered on the final will be the material we covered from the textbook up to chapter 11, section 2.
The exam will be open book. You can use the textbook, you own notes, and your own homework solutions and the solution sets I handed out. You cannot use any other material. In particular, for the take-home part, you cannot use Mathematica or any other such program, and you should not look anything up using internet. You should also not consult with anyone else.

  • course syllabus: (postscript) (pdf)


    Sofar, we have covered the material of the textbook:
    chapter 7,
    chapter 8,
    chapter 9, sections 9.1 (reading assignment), 9.2-5
    chapter 10, sections 10.1, 10.2.1, 10.3
    chapter 11, sections 11.1, 11.2

    Homework is due each week before the physics main office closes on Thursday, in my mailbox.

  • homework set #1; due: September 10
    Problems 7.1 parts (a) and (b), 7.3 of the textbook.

  • homework set #2; due: September 17
    Problems 7.8, 7.18, and 7.20 of the textbook. In problem 7.18, for simplicity, take s=a. For problem 7.20, refer back to example 5.6 and equation (5.86).

  • homework set #3; due: September 24
    Problems 7.32a,b, 7.34, and 7.54 of the textbook.

  • homework set #4; due: October 1
    Problems 8.2, 8.6 and 8.8a,b of the textbook. In problem 8.6 assume that the B field exists only between the plates of the capacitor.

  • homework set #5; due: October 8
    Problems 9.2, 9.9 and 9.12 of the textbook.

  • homework set #6; due: October 15
    Problems 9.14 and 9.16 of the textbook. For the plot in problem 9.16, use Mathematica, Matlab, or any other plotting program.

  • homework set #7; due November 5
    Problems 9.20, 9.21, 9.37(a,b,c) and 9.24 of the textbook.

  • homework set #8; due: November 19
    Problems 10.8, 10.9(a) and 10.13 of the textbook.

  • homework set #9; due: December 3
    Problems 11.3, 11.9 and 11.10 of the textbook. For problem 11.3, start with the observation that for an Ohmic resistor, P=I^2R.