Physics 221 Fall 2009 Assignments

• Wed 26 Aug: Types of waves, sine waves, superposition.
• Fri 28 Aug: Interferometers. Read chapter 1 in the text and hand in a chapter summary.
• Mon 31 Aug: Group velocity.
• Tue 1 Sep: Work on problem set 1, chapter 1, problems 3, 6, 7, 9, 11-16.
• Wed 2 Sep: Read chapter 2 and hand in a chapter summary.
• Fri 4 Sep: Hand in problem set 1.
• Mon 7 Sep: Academic holiday.
• Tue 8 Sep: Work on problem set 2, chapter 1, problems 8, 10, chapter 2, problems 1-8.
• Fri 11 Sep: Hand in problem set 2.
• Mon 14 Sep: Read chapter 3 and hand in summary.
• Tue 15 Sep: Work on problem set 3, chapter 2, 10, 11, 13, 15, chapter 3, 1-5, 7.
• Fri 18 Sep: Hand in problem set 3.
• Tue 22 Sep: Test 1 over chapters 1-3. A one page reminder sheet is allowed.
• Fri 25 Sep: Read chapter 4 and hand in summary.
• Tue 29 Sep: Work on problem set 4, chapter 4, 2-11.
• Fri 2 Oct: Hand in chapter summary for chapter 5.
• Mon 5 Oct: Hand in problem set 4.
• Tue 6 Oct: Work on problem set 5, chapter 5, 1-9.
• Wed 7 Oct: Hand in chapter summary for chapter 6.
• Fri 9 Oct: Hand in problem set 5.
• Tue 13 Oct: Work on problem set 6, chapter 6, 1-8.
• Fri 16 Oct: Test 2 over chapters 4-5. A one page reminder sheet is allowed.
• Mon 19 Oct: Hand in problem set 6. Hand in chapter summary for chapter 7.
• Tue 20 Oct: Go over test, general review. 11-13.
• Fri 23 Oct: Academic holiday.
• Tue 27 Oct: Work on problem set 7, chapter 7, problems 1, 2, 4-9,
• Fri 30 Oct: Hand in problem set 7.
• Mon 2 Nov: First draft of paper is due. (Two copies please!)
• Tue 3 Nov: Work on problem set 8, chapter 8, problems 1-5, 7-11.
• Fri 6 Nov: Hand in problem set 8, hand in chaper summary for chapter 9. (Hand in the chapter summary for chapter 8 as well -- I see that I forgot to post a due date for this summary.)
• Mon 9 Nov: Exchange reviews of papers.
• Tue 10 Nov: Work on problem set 9, chapter 9, problems 1-5, 8, 10-13.
• Fri 13 Nov: Hand in problem set 9.
• Tue 17 Nov: Test 3 over chapters 6-9.
• Wed 18 Nov: Hand in chapter summary for chapter 10.
• Mon 23 Nov: Hand in chapter summary for chapter 11.
• Tue 24 Nov: Work on problem set 10, chapter 10, problems 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 17.
• Fri 27 Nov: Thanksgiving break.
• Mon 30 Nov: Hand in problem set 10.
• Fri 4 Dec: Hand in final version of paper.