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MERTON COLLEGE CLASSES AND TUTORIALS


Matthew Kunz

Paper A2 (2nd year)
Hilary Term 2011

NOTES:

I highly recommend the textbook Introduction to Electrodynamics by David Griffiths, which (in the US at least) has quickly become a permanent fixture on every physics major's bookshelf. Not only is it remarkably readable, but it also contains pretty much every standard E&M problem you'll ever see. If you really want to learn E&M at the undergraduate level, work every problem in this book! I really can think of no better preparation for an exam. Also notable are his Quantum Mechanics and Elementary Particles textbooks, which have also become standards.

A2: Course webpage


Week
Date
Time
Place
Class/Tutorial
Notes
I
Tues 18 Jan
16:15-17:45
Hawkins
Class
HW due Mon 24 Jan by 5pm: Using my solutions as a guide, make a list
of every error you committed on the E&M portion of the collection, along
with a detailed explanation of why you made these errors. For each problem
you got wrong, invent a similar problem and solve it. If you attempted the
first electrostatics problem in Section B, correct it and also do the second
problem. Likewise, if you attempted the second E&M problem in Section B,
correct it and also do the first problem. This will be collected and marked.
II
Tues 25 Jan
13:45-14:45
Hawkins
Tutorial: D. Howlett, P. Young
HW due Mon 31 Jan by 5pm: this


14:45-15:45
Hawkins
Tutorial: J. Harrison, F. Lang, D. Mihaylov


15:45-16:45
Hawkins
Tutorial: J. Gibson, C. Mason, T. Snell
III
Tues 1 Feb
17:15-18:45
Hawkins
Class
HW due Mon 7 Feb by 5pm: this
IV
Tues 8 Feb
13:45-14:45
Hawkins
Tutorial: J. Gibson, C. Mason, T. Snell
HW due the week of 14 Feb: this


14:45-15:45
Hawkins
Tutorial: D. Howlett, P. Young


15:45-16:45
Hawkins
Tutorial: J. Harrison, F. Lang, D. Mihaylov