Models of Motion – 2014-15

Here’s what you signed up for in class Thursday:

• Models of Motion, Friday talks
• Physical Systems and Applied Mathematics, Friday talks

If you missed class and so didn’t sign up, a reminder that you are responsible to attend 2 MoM talks and 2 PSAM talks. At this point, the following talks could use more familiar faces in the audience:

• MoM: Ada Lovelace and the Victorian Computer, Quantum Analogues, An Exploration of Plasma Speakers, Harmonographs: Visualizations of Harmony. The second Physics of Flight and its Evolution is low, as is The Heat is Rising: Stirling Engines and Hydronics.
• PSAM: Physical Optics

The grading & lab prep assignment is here.

Please LOOK at these (and do as much as you can – especially 3-8, and check in Horowitz & Hill, Ch 1, for the solution to 1, 2) by Thursday; since I am posting late, they will be due next Tue 10AM (the point of having them due is so you look through them for final prep as well).

Best-

Neil

You can find solutions to the week 28 calculus and physics problem sets at the week 28 calendar page.

A preliminary Week 29 calendar page is available.

Please read this page to find important details about Science Carnival relevant for all students in the program.

Due to the Memorial Day holiday and Science Carnival, our schedule this week is quite a bit different. Please look over the detailed changes.

• Monday May 25 – no classes
• Tuesday May 26
  • 9 – 9:50: Quiz 6 on week 28 material (CAL West)
  • 10 – 10:50: Calculus Lecture (CAL West)
  • 11 – 11:50: Physics Lecture (CAL West,  note non-standard time)
  • 1 – 3: Circuits (Lab 1 2046)
  • 3 – 5:30: Projects (Lab 1 2046, note extended time)
• Wednesday May 27
  • 9 – 1: Project Presentations Practice & Feedback (Lab 1 2046). All students attend (note non-standard ending time)
• Thursday May 28
  • 9 – 12: regular problem sessions and office hours (Sem 2 C2105)
  • 1 – 5: Circuits Lab (Lab 1 2046)
• Friday May 28 and Saturday May 29
  • Science Carnival! All students responsible to attend 2 Physical Systems talks and 2 Motion talks. See this page for important info. You should see as many more (and non-physics, too) as you have time for!

You can find solutions to the week 27 calculus and physics problem sets at the week 27 calendar page.

A preliminary Week 28 calendar page is available.

• 13.4 #31: Uphill on mountain: (-1, -2, 5); downhill on roof (-1, -2, -5); no special relationship between roof and mountain at point specified, though the angle between them is given by cos (θ) = -2/3.
• 13.6 #21: for part c), I think the minimum is at (0, 1/2), not (0, 1).