Brian Shotwell
University of California, San Diego
Department of Physics
Physics 198, Spring 2022 (back)
Class Meetings: M 4:00-5:50pm in MYR-A 2623 (Mayer Hall Addition 2623).
Week 1:
Week 2:
Homework for M Week 3:
- Please complete this Math Survery if you haven't already: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/13WaBkQ-P9KscSePo_dieo1IZWaqLhrIXq6iy0khNKtw/viewform
- Book (Conquering the Physics GRE) -- Do the problems at the ends of the following sections, and come prepared to talk about them. Read the sections if you need a refresher / have trouble with the problems. Sections 2.1-2.7. We will have additional EM questions to work on in-class on M Week 3.
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Week 3:
M Week 3 Worksheet: EM and Waves/Optics Practice GRE Problems and EM Answers
Homework for M Week 4:
- Review the EM answers above (check your answers!).
- Finish the Waves/Optics problems from the above; be ready to talk about them at the beginning of the next class.
- Book (Conquering the Physics GRE) -- Read the relativity section; answer problems at the end, and be prepared to answer more special relativity problems in class week 4.
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Week 4:
M Week 4 EM/Optics Worksheet: EM and Waves/Optics Practice GRE Problems and Answers
M Week 4 Relativity Worksheet: Special Relativity Practice GRE Problems
Homework for M Week 5:
- Email Shotwell a question about grad school / grad school applications for our faculty panel next week 5-6pm!
- Review the Waves/Optics answers above (check your answers!).
- Finish the Relativity problems from the above; be ready to talk about them at the beginning of the next class.
- Book (Conquering the Physics GRE) -- If you didn't last week, read the relativity section; answer problems at the end, and be prepared to answer more special relativity problems in class week 5.
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Week 6:
M Week 6 AM/Atomic Worksheet: Quantum Mechanics / Atomic Physics Practice GRE Problems and Answers
Homework for M Week 7:
- Finish the QM/Atomic problems from the above; be ready to talk about them at the beginning of the next class.
- Book (Conquering the Physics GRE) -- If you didn't last week, read the QM/Atomic Physics section; answer problems at the end.
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Week 7:
Thank you to the grad students who came today! In case you want to ask any of them any follow-up questions:
Robin Glefke, rglefke@ucsd.edu
Kelson Kaj, kkaj@ucsd.edu
Farouk Mokhtar, fmokhtar@ucsd.edu
Elliot Kisiel, ekisiel@ucsd.edu
Homework for M Week 8:
- Thermo Sec 4.4 do problems 2, 4, (6?), 7-12. Read sections as needed to understand how to do these problems.
- Choose week 9 topic: nuclear/particle, condensed matter, astro, lab methods and/or statistics, other?
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Week 8:
Week 9:
Student Presentations
Thanks everyone!!! Have a great rest of your quarter and I'll see most of you in the Fall.
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