Week 24 Reading:

• EM: Griffiths 9.1; 9.2; 9.3 (Reminder: video lectures here)
  • optional supplemental reading: Taylor 16.1-16.4
• QM: Townsend 7.7-7.8; 7.9-7.10 (7.11)
  

• Please email me to ask questions, request particular coverage of topics, etc.

Week 24 Schedule:

• Mon. Apr. 24 (CAL)
  • 9 – 10: Qu¡xam 2E! (covers 7.3, 8.1, 8.2); EM PSN check
    
  • 10 – 11: Qu¡xam 2E! Workshop
  • 11 – 12:30 Break
    • 11:15 – 12:15 Optional Reading Group meeting
      
  • 12:30 – 1:30: EM Lecture 1
  • 1:45 – 2:45: QM Lecture 1
• Tue. Apr. 25
  • 9 – 10: EM Problem Session 1 (CAL)
    
  • 10 – 11: EM Lecture 2 (CAL)
  • 11 – 12:30 Break
    
  • 12:30 – 1:30: QM Problem Session 1 (Cave)
  • 1:45 – 2:45: QM Lecture 2 (Cave)
• Wed. Apr. 26 (Cave)
  
  • 9 – 10:30: ALP Presentations
  • 10:30 – 11:00: Break
  • 11 – 12: EM Problem Session 2
  • 12 – 1: EM Lecture 3
• Thu. Apr. 27 (Cave)
  • 9 – 10: EM Problem Session 3
  • 10 – 11: QM Problem Session 2
  • 11 – 12: Break
  • 12 – 3:30: ALP open lab time; Programming check-in; Contract check-in; Individual meetings – Academic Statements

• PS#12/#9 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.
• Note that several problems are assigned to more than one person. People assigned to the same problem are welcome to work together and submit one solution, or work separately and submit two.

I’ve transcribed your feedback from the notecards you filled out on Wed. Apr. 19 here. This Google document allows you to leave comments (but not fully edit the document).

Problem Sets to be completed in your corresponding PSNs by noon Sun. Apr. 23.

• EM PS#12: Griffiths: 8.1 (just for Ex. 7.13), 8.2, 8.4(b), 8.6, 8.7, 8.8, 8.9, 8.10(a), 8.13, 8.14, 8.17, 8.22. Notes: for 8.1, just do for the situation in Example 7.13; for 8.10(a), review Example 6.1; for 8.13, review Example 5.6; for 8.17, review Example 5.11 and Problem 5.37, and for part (b), note a correspondence with Problem 8.10(a) – this problem has a nice connection with a discussion in QM Ch. 1.
• QM PS#9: Townsend: 7.1, 7.2, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 7.12, 7.13

• Quixam 1Q covered Townsend Ch. 6
• Revisions due Tue. Apr. 18 at 12:30pm. If you choose to do a revision, standard revision guidelines apply.

• I’ve added notes to your Collaborative Problem Set Solutions for EM PS#11 (stay tuned) and QM PS#8; please recall that you need to be logged in to access these.
• Please compare the solutions in your Problem Set Notebook to these solutions, updating or correcting as you need to. If you disagree or would like further clarification, please send me an email.
• I’ll do a spot check of your QM PSN for QM PS#7 and PS#8, so please bring with you and leave on the front table in the CAL.

Week 23 Reading:

• EM: Griffiths 8.1; 8.2; (8.3: skim)  (Reminder: video lectures here)
• QM: Townsend 7.1-7.4; 7.5-7.6; (7.11)
  

• You can find the Reading Response documents here. Please ask and answer questions, request particular coverage of topics, share your insights on what seems important, etc. here.

Week 23 Schedule:

• Mon. Apr. 17 (CAL)
  • 9 – 10: Qu!xam 1Q! (covers Ch. 6); QM PSN check
    
  • 10 – 11: Qu!xam 1Q! Workshop
  • 11 – 12:30 Break
    • 11:15 – 12:15 Optional Reading Group meeting rescheduled for Tuesday
      
  • 12:30 – 1:30: EM Lecture 1
  • 1:45 – 2:45: QM Lecture 1
• Tue. Apr. 18
  • 9 – 10: EM Problem Session 1 (CAL)
    
  • 10 – 11: EM Lecture 2 (CAL)
  • 11 – 12:30 Break
    • 11:15 – 12:15 Optional Reading Group meeting (Cave)
      
  • 12:30 – 1:30: QM Problem Session 1 (Cave)
  • 1:45 – 2:45: QM Lecture 2 (Cave)
• Wed. Apr. 19 (Cave)
  
  • 9 – 10:30: ALP Presentations
  • 10:30 – 11:00: Break
  • 11 – 12: EM Problem Session 2
  • 12 – 1: EM Lecture 3
• Thu. Apr. 20 (Cave)
  • 9 – 10: EM Problem Session 3
  • 10 – 11: QM Problem Session 2
  • 11 – 12: Break
  • 12 – 3:30: ALP open lab time; Programming check-in; Contract check-in; Individual meetings – Academic Statements

• PS#11/#8 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.
• Note that several problems are assigned to more than one person. People assigned to the same problem are welcome to work together and submit one solution, or work separately and submit two.

Problem Sets to be completed in your corresponding PSNs by noon Sun. Apr. 16.

• EM PS#11: Griffiths: 7.34, 7.35, 7.36, 7.38, 7.44, 7.49, 7.50, 7.55. Notes: For 7.44(d), you might find the last result in Ex 5.11 useful. For 7.55, you’ll find eq (7.27) useful.
• QM PS#8: Townsend: 6.13, 6.14, 6.15, 6.16, 6.17(b)(c), 6.19; 6.21, 6.22, 6.23, 6.24. Notes: for 6.14, review how to calculate uncertainty (e.g. eqs (6.70)-(6.72)). You did 6.17(a) last week. Problems 6.19, 6.20, and 6.21 go together; you were able to complete 6.20 last week.

• Quixam 1E covered Griffiths 7.1-7.2
• Revisions due Tue. Apr. 11 at 9am. If you choose to do a revision, standard revision guidelines apply.