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Last edit: 23 Apr 2007
Prof. Thomas Coan (x8-2497)         
coan@mail.physics.smu.edu
Office: 16 Fondren Science
Date     | Topic | Reading/HW Due     |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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L9 13 Feb | Fourier series, 1st look | G: 6.1--6.2 |
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L10 15 Feb | Longitudinal oscillations and sound | G: 7.1--7.3 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 | |
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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 |
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L21 3 Apr | Length and time interval measuremets | F: chap. 4 |
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L22 5 Apr | Length, time m'ments, Doppler effect | F: chap. 5 |
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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 | |
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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. |
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L27 24 Apr | Special relativity review | |
L28 26 Apr | Waves review | |
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1 May | No class but HW due today |   |
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