| Date |
Reading |
Problems |
| 05/13 |
Final Exam: Friday, 8:00am(!!!). |
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| Postings: |
1. Don't forget to do the online course evaluation!!! 2. If you have questions related to the final exam, please come on Wednesday May 11, from 1:30 till 3pm. I will be either in my office or in the seminar room 2118 upstairs. |
The Equations Sheet for your final exam is here. You might want to get familiar with it before the exam. |
| 05/10 |
The second part of the class today will be a mini-review session to help you prepare for the final exam: please bring your questions!!! |
Another review session will take place on Wed May 11, 1:30-3pm. |
| 05/05 |
Read handout notes. Handout notes on the random-walk model are here. Homework problems (+solutions) on polymer chain statistics are here. |
Do homework problems 1-5. Solutions to HW4 can be found here. Statistics of the distribution of the current total scores (before the final exam) are posted below. A typo in the 85%-breakdown score has been fixed. |
| 05/03 |
Ch.15: 15.1-15.6. Handout material on polymer chain statistics can be downloaded from here. |
Do your homework assignments from the previous class! |
| 04/28 |
Ch.14: 14.1,14.2; Ch.15: 15.1-15.6 |
Ch.15: Qs: 15.1-15.4,15.5-15.8,15.10; Pr: 15.2-15.4,15.12,15.28 |
| 04/26 |
TSK: Ch.14: (14.1-14.2) 14.3-14.8 |
Ch.14: Qs: 14.2-14.6, 14.10, 14.12; Pr: 14.1, 14.10, 14.14, 14.18. Your graded Homework #4 (due May 3, 2011) is here. |
| 04/21 |
TSK: Ch.13 till the end. |
CH.13: Qs: 13.4,13.8; Prs: 13.6,13.9,13.11,13.18,13.22, (13.4). Using a calculator, assess the accuracy of Stirling's approximation for N! and ln(N!) |
| 04/19 |
TSK: Ch.12: 12.1-12.4; Ch.13: 13.1-13.5 |
Ch.13: Qs: 13.1-13.3,13.5-13.7; Pr: 13.1,13.5,13.12,13.17. Solutions to Exam #2 problems can be found below. |
| 04/14 |
Midterm Exam #2 |
Don't forget to bring a pen/pencil and a calculator. |
| 04/12 |
Preparation for the midterm exam #2. |
Solutions to your graded homework #3 can be found here. |
| 04/07 |
Ch.17: 17.3-17.6; (17.13(FT)) |
Ch.17: Q: 17.3; Pr: 17.6,17.13. The equations helpsheet for Exam #2 is here. |
| 04/05 |
Ch.17: 17.1-17.2, 17.11 |
Ch.17: Ex.Pr 17.1; Q: 17.14; Pr: 17.3. Your graded Homework #3 (due April 12, 2011) is here. |
| 03/31 |
Ch.8: 8.4-6,8.8 |
Ch.8: Qs: 8.1,8.7,8.10,8.12; Pr: 8.6,8.7,9.11,8.28;
Show by direct calculation of the transition dipole moment that the selection rule for transitions between two rotational states is Delta_L=+/-1.
Assume that the electric field compoonent of the EM wave is along the z axis, state #1 corresponds to L=0 and consider state #2 corresponding to L=1 or L=2 (set m_subL=0 for all these states).
The distribution of the current scores is posted below under "Exam #1 Statistics". |
| 03/29 |
Ch.8: 8.1,8.2,8.9 |
Do Example problems. Solutions to graded Homework #2 can be found here. |
| 03/17 |
Ch.10: 10.3 [10.4-10.6]; Ch.12: 12.1-12.4, 12.6, 12.7-12.9; Ch.13: 13.1-13.2, 13.4. |
Ch.12: Q: 12.15,12.19; Determnine the eigenfunctions of the Sy operator for spin 1/2. |
| 03/15 |
Ch.10: 10.1-10.3; Ch.6: 6.2 |
Ch.10: Qs: 10.7,10.12,10.20; Pr: 10.2,10.3,10.6,10.7 |
| 03/10 |
Ch.9 |
Ch.9: Pr: 9.4,9.5,9.16,9.25. Solutions to midterm exam #1 problems can be found below. |
| 03/08 |
Ch.9 |
Ch.9: Example.Problems: 9.1-9.6; Qs: 9.6-9.10, 9.15; Show that expt(-r/a) is a solution to the Shroedinger Eq. for H-atom, determine a and E; Calc. the energy of the lowest-energy state.
Do similar calculations assuming that the only interaction of the electron with the nucleus is gravitational. |
| 03/03 |
Midterm Exam #1 |
Don't forget to bring a pen/pencil and a calculator!
Your graded Homework #2 (due March 15, 2011) is here. |
| 03/01 |
Ch.7: 7.3-7.5,7.8 |
Preparation for the midterm exam on Thursday. After the exam: Ch.7: Qs: 7.2-7.4,7.6,7.9,7.11,7.13; Pr: 7.4,7.6,7.7,7.33,7.34 |
| 02/24 |
Ch 7: 7.2, 7.7 |
Ch.7: Q: 7.10 Pr: 7.10,7.21,7.25. Help-sheet with equations for midterm Exam #1 can be found here.
The review session for the upcoming Exam #1 will take place on Tuesday March 1, 3-4pm, in Rm 2118 Biomolecular Sciences Bldg (#296). Bring your questions! |
| 02/22 |
Ch.7: 7.1, 7.6 |
Ch.7: Qs: 7.1,7.5,7.14,7.15; Pr: 7.8,7.13,7.14,7.16,7.23. Solutions to HW#1 can be found here. |
| 02/17 |
Ch.6:6.1,6.3,6.4 |
Ch.6: Example Pr: 6.4, Qs: 6.4,6.7,6.14,6.15; Pr: 6.3,6.6,6.9,6.11,6.22,6.23 |
| 02/15 |
Ch.5 |
Ch.5: Qs: 5.1,5.6,5.8; Pr: 5.7,5.4,5.5 |
| 02/10 |
Ch.4.2-4.4 |
Ch.4: Example Problems: 4.1-4.3; Pr: 4.10,4.12,4.15,4.18; Your graded Homework #1 (due Feb 17, 2011) is here. |
| 02/08 |
Ch.3.5, 4.1 |
Ch.4: Qs: 4.3-4.5,4.10,4.11; Pr: 4.4-4.6,4.13. A sampler of graded homework problems (with answers) from previous years can be found here. |
| 02/03 |
Chs.2 & 3 to the end. Please note my new office hours! |
Ch.2: Qs: 2.12,2.14; Pr: 2.21,2.27,2.28,2.35,2.36 + remaining problems from the previous HW assignment |
| 02/01 |
Ch.2: 2.1, 2.5-2.7; Ch.3: 3..1-3.2 |
Ch.2: Qs: 2.3,2.4,2.7,2.9,2.11-13,2.15; Pr: 2.3,2.4,2.9,2.12,2.20, |
| 01/27 |
Snowday. Use the extra few days given to you by Mother Nature to refresh your math. |
QCS: Appendix A1-A8. |
| 01/25 |
QCS: Ch.1 & Ch2:2.2-2.3 |
Questions in the end of Ch.1: Q1.1-1.15. Using Wien's displacement law (1) estimate Lambda_max for your body radiation, and
(2) assuming that Lambda_max = 600 nm for the Sun's radiation, estimate the temperature of the Sun's surface
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