Due to the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. day of celebration, there are no classes on Monday January 16. We also have the first of three physics faculty candidates visiting us next week. Here are the modifications to the schedule:

• Mon. Jan. 16: optional social outing to see Hidden Figures at Century Olympia movie theater in Capital Mall.
• Tue. Jan. 17: 9 – 11 Quiz/Workshop. 12:30 – 2:30 LA/QM.
• Wed. Jan. 18: 9 – 11 EM. 12 – 1 Candidate Public Presentation.
• Thu. Jan. 19: 9 – 11 EM (includes Candidate Teaching Demo). 12:30 – 2 LA/QM. 2 – 3 EM & LA/QM Workshop.

• Winter tutoring times are available here or via the navigation link above.
• Locations are QuaSR or Lab 1 054A. If 054A not open/available, look for sign on door indicating new locations. Once we have key access, this won’t be an issue.

For Week 12, please read the following:

• EM: Griffiths 2.1-2.2
• LA: Lay 2.1-2.4
• QM: in preparation for starting QM in week 3, read Taylor Ch. 10, Townsend Ch.1, Feynman Volume III Ch. 5.
• Remember to use nb.mit.edu (info on how to access here) or check with faculty for alternatives. Complete first pass of reading and enter annotations (questions, responses, requests for class time) by Mon. 9am and update through week as need.

• PS#1 Solutions Assignments can be accessed here.
• Note that you will need to be logged in to our program web-site to access the page linked above. If not logged-in, you can do so via this link.

LA PS#1 to be completed in your LA PSN (Problem Set Notebook) by noon Sun. Jan. 15. This week, all problems from Lay, Linear Algebra and its applications, 5th edition.

LA Problem Set #1:

• 1.1: 12, 18, 20, 25
• 1.2: 10, 12, 20
• 1.3: 14, 18, 25
• 1.4 14, 16, 26
• 1.5: 6, 7, 16
• 1.7: 6, 9, 32
• 1.8: 17, 20
• 1.9: 4, 8, 16

Here’s a link found by one of your classmates to a document on Finding Vector Potentials.

I mentioned in class a series of video lectures that are based on Griffiths’ Introduction to Electrodynamics. The creator is using the 2nd edition compared to our current 4th edition, but that is generally not an issue. There are at least 200 videos that as far as I can tell go up to chapter 9; I have barely viewed a fraction of them. Hopefully these can serve to supplement your engagement with the text.

EM PS#1 to be completed in your EM PSN (Problem Set Notebook) by noon Sun. Jan. 15. All problems from Griffiths, Introduction to Electrodynamics, 4th edition.

EM PS#1: 1.8(a), 1.9, 1.13, 1.21, 1.26, 1.27, 1.36(b), 1.39(a), 1.42, 1.45, 1.47, 1.53

Notes: 1.8(a) and 1.9 are a nice connection to our LA/QM work; 1.42 should be a blast from the Taylor past.

Lots of important info:

• Winter Quarter First Class Meeting
• Winter Break Reading
• Winter First Day Quiz and Prep info
• Winter Quarter Reading Responses using online annotation software
• (Delayed) Fall Conferences sign-up
• Winter Quarter Schedule and occasional adjustments
• Essence of Linear Algebra video series

• Our first class meeting starts promptly at 9am on Monday January 9 in CAL West.
• All students are expected to attend.
• Class sessions will be 9:00-11:15 and 12:30-2:45 (note the slightly shorter lunch break this day).
• Hopefully you’ve been preparing for the first day by completing the reading assignment, which has been available for some time (see Winter Break Reading).
• As you can, start using our online annotation tool at nb.mit.edu (see Winter Quarter Reading Responses).
• Prepare for the first day quiz in Linear Algebra (LA) and for the first class discussion of Electrodynamics (EM) (see Winter First Day Quiz and Prep Info).
• We’ll begin with a short discussion of program administration and logistics.
• We’ll spend the rest of the morning on the LA quiz and discussion (see Winter First Day Quiz and Prep Info), going until 11:15 (so a slightly shorter lunch break this day).
• We’ll reconvene at 12:30 and spend the rest of the day until 2:45 on EM; make sure you’ve completed some version of a reading response (as described in Winter First Day Quiz and Prep Info) by 9am.