Physics 311, Fall 2005: Introduction to Mathematical Physics

D. M. Wood, Meyer Hall 454, (303) 273-3853

Kasper van Wijk, Green Center B52, (303) 273-3733

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Note: If you forgot to pick up a problem set or handout, retrieve it from the list below and print it out. (We may delete unimportant large images to cut down on download time.) Let DMW know if you have difficulties with any PDF file.

Help sessions

(Other hours by appointment: see below)

Wood schedule

van Wijk schedule

Syllabus

Homework assignments

Problem Set 1

Data for Problem Set 1(VcruiseVsWeight.data)

Problem Set 2

Problem Set 3 (revised)

Problem Set 4 (hints added)

Problem Set 5

Data for fit of Problem Set 5(LeastSqrsData)

Problem Set 10 (Hints added 11/14)

Problem Set 11 (typo fixed, 11/21)

Problem Set 12 (Hints added 12/5)

Miscellaneous data

Sample graphics file to Fourier transform

Another graphics file

Sample time series data for 1D Fourier transform

Monthly sunspot count since 1749

Exams

Handouts

Mathematica resources

A quick intro notebook (QuickSample.nb)

Tutorial and exercises from PH Field Session, links, sample notebooks

Useful stuff from Alex Yuffa (CSM BS and MS) created for Fall '05 Field Session [Unix tar file]

Useful Mathematica Notebooks

Note: If you choose to use these Mathematica Notebooks as templates for a solution you turn in, please observe the following rules:

Remove existing comments and section headings and replace them with your own. Be sure to put in a written explanation of what you are doing!
Make sure that your Notebook runs correctly if saved and re-run from scratch with Mathematica. (New users often generate Notebooks consisting of a random sequence of attempts to simplify expressions, with non-reproducible results because competing variable definitions were used at different times.)
If you turn in a printout, make sure it is printed `2up', i.e., with two logical Notebook pages per physical sheet. This is easy enough to read without wasting paper.

These Notebooks will display as text files; you can save them as filename.nb files and run them under Mathematica 4.x or 5.x.

Cooking a turkey (non-linear fit) (TurkeyCookingTimeFit.nb)

Turkey data (from Cooking Basics for Dummies, 3rd Ed)(SmallBigTurkeyTable)

Partial sums and Taylor series (PartialSumsTaylorSers.nb)

Dealing with complex numbers(ComplexArithmetic.nb)

Curiosities of ordinary functions of complex z(ReImPartsOfOrdFunc.nb)

Multi-valued functions of complex z(CrossBranchCut.nb)

Linear independence of vectors (LinIndepVecs.nb)

Degenerate eigenvectors (EigenVecsVals4x4DegHW.nb)

Discrete Fourier transforms using Mma