Topics to be covered---***tentative
only***
| Topic | HRK, Physics (v. 2 if not noted) | Feynman Lectures (v. 1 if not noted) |
| Harmonic oscillator I | v.1, Ch. 15 (Oscillations) | Ch. 21 (Harmonic Oscillator) |
| Harmonic oscillator II,
using complex numbers |
. | Ch. 22 (Algebra)
Ch. 23 (Resonance) Ch. 24 (Transients) Ch. 25 (Linear Systems) |
| AC Circuits | Ch. 38 (Inductance)
Ch. 39 (AC Circuits) |
v. 2, Ch. 22 (AC Circuits) |
| Anharmonic Oscillator | . | . |
| Waves I | v.1, Ch. 19 (Wave Motion)
v.1, Ch. 20 (Sound Waves) |
Ch. 47-51 (Sound, Beats,
Modes, Harmonics,Waves) |
| Waves II: other types & topics not in our textbooks | water, gravity, seismic,
solids, Schrodinger, traffic waves |
reflection & transmission,
anharmonic waves, dispersion |
| Maxwell's Eqns. &
Electromagnetic waves |
Ch. 40 (Maxwell's Equations)
Ch. 41 (EM waves) Ch. 42 (Propagation of Light) Ch. 48 (Polarization) |
Ch. 28 (EM Radiation)
Ch. 33 (Polarization) Ch. 34 (Relativistic Effects) v.2, Ch. 18 (The Maxwell Eqns) v.2, Ch. 20 (Solns. in vacuum) v.2, Ch. 21 (Solns. with charges) |
| Reflection & Refraction | Ch 43 (Reflection & Refraction) | Ch. 26 (Principle of Least Time)
Ch. 31 (Refractive Index) v. 2, Ch. 32 (Refractive Index) v. 2, Ch. 33 (Reflection) |
| Interference & Diffraction | Ch. 45 (Interference)
Ch. 46 (Diffraction) Ch. 47 (Gratings) |
Ch. 29 (Interference)
Ch. 30 (Diffraction) |
| Quantum Mechanics | (not in HRK)
Schrodinger equation, photon polarization |
Ch. 37 (Quantum Behavior)
Ch. 38 (Wave & Particle) v. 3, Ch. 3 (Prob. Amplitudes) v. 3, Ch. 7 (Time Dependence) |