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 |