Location: http://www.physics.smu.edu/~coan/3310/3310_syl_spr07.html
Last edit: 23 Apr 2007
Prof. Thomas Coan (x8-2497)
coan@mail.physics.smu.edu
Office: 16 Fondren Science
| Date | Topic | Reading/HW Due |
|---|---|---|
| L1 16 Jan | 1-dim simple harmonic motion | G: 1.1--1.3,1.5 |
| L2 18 Jan | Forced oscillation and resonance | G: 2.1-2.4 |
| L3 23 Jan | Seismometer + Coupled oscillators | G: 3.1 |
| HW1 23 Jan | HW due today | G:1.5, 1.6, 2.4; derive eqns: 2.28+2.29 |
| L4 25 Jan | Matrices and normal modes | G: 3.2 |
| L5 30 Jan | Normal modes | G: 3.3 |
| HW2 30 Jan | HW due today | G3.1, S8.3.4 |
| L6 1 Feb | Symmetries and the eigenvalue problem | G: 4.1 |
| L7 6 Feb | Space translation invariance and dispersion relations | G: 5.1-5.2 |
| HW3 6 Feb | HW due today | G3.3, G3.5, G3.6 |
| L8 8 Feb | Waves on a beaded string | G: 5.3-5.4 |
| L9 13 Feb | Fourier series, 1st look | G: 6.1--6.2 |
| 13 Feb | ||
| L10 15 Feb | Longitudinal oscillations and sound | G: 7.1--7.3 |
| L11 20 Feb | More sound + Traveling waves | G: 8.1 |
| HW4 20 Feb | HW + Test due today: | G4.2, G5.1, G5.3 |
| L12 22 Feb | Traveling waves and Reflection/transmission, | G: 9.1 |
| L13 27 Feb | Signals and forced oscillation | G: 10.1 |
| HW5 27 Feb | HW due today | G6.3, eq 6.9, G7.3 |
| L13 27 Feb | More on signals | G: 10.1 |
| L15 6 Mar | Polarization | G: 12.1--12.2 |
| HW6 6 Mar | HW due today | G8.1, G8.2, G9.4 |
| L16 8 Mar | 2-slit interference and beams | G: 13.1--13.3 |
| L17 20 Mar | Interference examples, convolutions and periodicity | G: 13.4--13.6 |
| 20 Mar | No HW due today | |
| L18 22 Mar | Continue w/ interference and convolutions | |
| L19 27 Mar | SR postulates and Lorentz Transformations | F: chap. 3 |
| 27 Mar | Test 2 due today | |
| L20 29 Mar | More on LTs and Minkowski diagrams | F: chap. 3, chap. 4 |
| L21 3 Apr | Length and time interval measuremets | F: chap. 4 |
| 3 Apr | ||
| L22 5 Apr | Length, time m'ments, Doppler effect | F: chap. 5 |
| L23 10 Apr | Relativistic Kinematics | |
| 10 Apr | HW due today | F3-7, 3-8, 4-4, 4-10, 4-12 |
| L24 12 Apr | Absorption/emission of photons; Scattering | |
| L25 17 Apr | Yet more scattering and Doppler shift redux | F. chap. 6 |
| 17 Apr | HW due today | F5.2, F5.11, F6.9, F6.12, TEC1. |
| L26 19 Apr | Energy and momentum transformations | F: chap 7. |
| L27 24 Apr | Special relativity review | |
| L28 26 Apr | Waves review | |
| 1 May | No class but HW due today | |