No need to print these out, but here they are for your reference. CM and QM PSN Logs were handed out in class at the first CM Qu¡xam. EM and APLS: EA PSN Logs handed out Wed. Jan. 23.

• CM PSN Winter Log
• EM PSN Winter Log
• QM PSN Winter Log
• APLS: EA PSN Log

In QM on Tue. Jan. 22, we’ll watch Chapter 12: Change of basis, from the Essence of Linear Algebra series on YouTube. I think your understanding is improved by multiple viewings of this video (of the whole Essence of Linear Algebra series, actually), so if you have time to watch this video on your own before we watch it together, feel free. The video is just under 13 minutes long.

• EM: Qu¡xam E1 (at home), due Wed. Jan. 23 at start of EM lecture/discussion.
  • Please make sure to have ready your personally prepared 8.5inch by 11inch note sheet prior to downloading this Qu¡xam. In addition to your note sheet, you may also use the inside covers of Griffiths.
• QM: Quiz Q2, due Thu. Jan. 24 by 9:30am.

Class Schedule (all class meeting in the Cave, non-standard in bold)

• Mon.: No Class Meetings
  • Qu¡xam! E1 and Quiz Q2 available at program web-site by 9:30am
• Tue. 9:30 – 11:30: QM lecture/discussion
• Tue. 1 – 3: CM lecture/discussion
• Wed. 9 – 10:30: APLS – Error Analysis Workshop
• Wed. 10:30 – 1: EM lecture/discussion (bring EM PSN for PSN check; if in both EM & QM, also bring QM PSN)
  
• Thu. 9:30 – 11:30: QM workshop
• Thu. 12:30 – 2: EM workshop
• Thu. 2 – 3:30: CM workshop

• Reading Response Rotation assignments available at the PSAM Community folder, available by clicking here. Reading Response prompts are now condensed to two responses for each section or sub-section: Big Ideas (includes main physics concepts/ideas and major mathematical tools/formulas) and Big Questions (as before); the original prompts are available here.

• CM: Qu¡xam C1, Mon. Jan. 14
• QM: Quiz Q1, due Thu. Jan. 17 by 9:30am

• Reading Response info
• Quixam/Quizhome info
• PSN check info

Since Mon. Jan. 14 is a CM Qu¡xam, CM PSNs will be checked at that time.

If you are taking Qu¡xam C1, we will also check your QM PSN then. (If you would not normally come in for a CM Qu¡xam, don’t attend just for the QM PSN – we’ll look at it during the next PSN check where you would be present).

Qu¡xam C1 begins at 9:30am Mon. Jan. 14 in the CAL. For the Qu¡xam, you are allowed your writing tools, your calculating device, and your personally prepared 8.5inch by 11inch note sheet. A reminder that since this Qu¡xam only covers one week of material, it will take place from 9:30 – 10, followed by a workshop from 10-10:30. The remainder of the time will be spent on reviewing how to use Mathematica to solve differential equations and starting this week’s CM work.

Quizhome Q1 (the at-home initial draft version) will be posted to the program website at 9:30am Mon. Jan. 14. You are also allowed your writing tools, your calculating device, and your personally prepared 8.5inch by 11inch note sheet, and no other resources are allowed; please prepare your note sheet before accessing the quiz. Please also take care not to discuss the quiz with anyone in any way (you may discuss it with me) before the workshop on Thu. Jan. 17 (you will be asked to certify that you adhered to this criteria). You are encouraged but not required to complete this quiz in 30 minutes; you will be asked to estimate the time you did spend on it.

Let’s try these out. You can find information about Rotation assignments and Prompts by clicking here.

You can find the Reading Response Rotation assignment in the PSAM Community folder, available by clicking here.

I’m still working on a good solution for submitting your responses. We’ll try out another method which will be available by Sunday morning. In the meantime, compose your responses to the prompts below in a separate document, and you can copy/paste those responses into the Reading Response form once it is available. Please use very simple formatting.

Prompts: for each section (Taylor, Townsend) or sub-section* (Griffiths), answer the following questions.

1. Big Concepts: For the relevant sections, what are the main physics concepts/ideas? Make sure to also note which (if any) physics concepts are new to you. (Try to just use words here and minimize invoking equations, but don’t stress if you find it more convenient to use or refer to an equation.)
2. Big Maths: For these sections, what are the major mathematical tools/formulas? Make sure to also note which (if any) math concepts or methods are new to you. Here, feel free to refer to equation numbers or page numbers, and do your best to convey the meaning of the equations in everyday language. Again, don’t stress if you find it more convenient to use technical rather than everyday language. Make sure that you have the important equations clearly written out and explained in your reading/lecture notes.
3. Big Questions: As specifically as you can, describe in detail your questions/confusions from the section/sub-section, about physics concepts, math moves, and particularly (but not limited to) any Examples in the section/sub-section. In essence, what in particular would you like us to spend class time going over?

* In the notecard feedback from last week, someone mentioned that they would rather respond to sections in Griffiths, rather than sub-sections. So for this week’s reading, let’s try to lump these together:

• 2.1.1 and 2.1.2 and 2.1.3
• 2.1.4
• 2.2.1
• 2.2.2 and 2.2.4
• 2.2.3