The classic movie Frames of Reference has a good discussion of non-inertial reference frames and centrifugal forces. This has come up a bit for us a few times already, and we’ll delve into it deeply in Taylor Chapter 9. The entire film is really amazing and I encourage you to watch it when you have half an hour, but the particular part relevant for centrifugal forces is a gripping five minute segment from 17:00 – 22:00.

• CM: Qu¡xam C6, Mon. Apr. 15
• QM: Quiz Q10, due Thu. Apr. 18 by 9:30am

• Missed Quixam Protocol

• The Updated Spring Syllabus reflects our discussion on Thursday afternoon, with one exception detailed below.
• One adjustment is for the optional Academic Statement Workshop. In our discussion, we had placed it Week 30 Monday afternoon. I moved it to Week 29 Tuesday afternoon, after the EM Quixam E9 Workshop. This allows the afternoon of Week 30 Monday to be truly open/release. As discussed before, I will be available during that open/release time.
• Feel free to update your paper copy from Thursday, or just print out your own copy of the Spring Syllabus.

• Week 23 Schedule, Reading, and Problem Sets available via the Calendar page link in the main navigation bar.

• Please don’t print out the below schedule; I’ll provide a paper copy in class on Thu. Apr. 11 at the beginning of the EM Workshop at 12:30pm.
• I’ve provided it for you to look at so you can consider in advance the unscheduled times in Weeks 28, 29, and 30. We will discuss as a class at the beginning of EM Workshop on Thu. Apr. 11, and finalize the schedule for those weeks.
• Some things we will need to schedule include:
  • QM Final Exam (full day)
  • CM Final Exam (full day)
  • EM Final Exam (full day)
  • CM, EM, QM Exam Revision Workshops (half day for each)
  • Final Celebration
• Some things we might like to schedule include some subset of:
  • EM & CM Workshop on Week 28 material?
  • QM Quiz Revision Workshop on Week 27 material (QM Quiz available Mon. 5/20)?
  • EM Quixam E9 Revision Workshop?
  • Seminar on Wigner’s “The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences”?
  • Release time, particularly for ALP students (half-day)?
  • Academic Planning & Statement Workshop?

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We didn’t have time on Wednesday for our originally scheduled type-setting tutorial. I’ve scheduled one from 11:30am-noon on Thu. Apr. 11 for those who can attend. I can schedule another one at another time if there is sufficient need.

• EM: Qu¡xam E5, Mon. Apr. 8
• QM: Quiz Q9, due Thu. Apr. 11 by 9:30am

• Missed Quixam Protocol

• Week 22 Schedule, Reading, and Problem Sets available via the Calendar page link in the main navigation bar.

• EM Lab I Report is due by noon on Friday April 12 to the marked folder in the back of the Cave.
• I’ve heard that there was some confusion about the due date. The Lab Report is due as indicated in this post by noon on Fri. Apr. 12.

• CM PS#10 CSS submissions due 7pm Friday April 5.
• Solutions to EM PS#10 and QM PS#9 will be provided by noon Saturday April 6.
• Feedback on CM PS#10 CSS provided by noon Sunday April 7.

• Tutoring: Friday April 5 from 3 – 6pm in the Cave.
• Tutoring: Sunday April 7 from 4 – 6pm in the Cave.

• EM Qu¡xam! E5 starts at 9:30am Monday April 8 in the CAL. Covers Griffiths Ch. 5.