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Physics 219

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This course is the third semester general physics course taken by physics majors.  It is typically taught in the fall semester.

General
Course Structure:
Syllabus
Office Hours
MWF 3-6 pm.  In general, feel free to see me whenever my door is open.
Exams:
Practise sheet for vectors and integrals in preparation for Exam 1, Part 1.  Solutions.

Exam 1  solutionsExam 2  solutions

Practice final examSolutions to practice final

Exam histograms of grades and other plots.
Exam Schedule: Oct.   3 and Oct. 6 - in class:  Exam 1 (25%). This exam will be given in two parts on the days shown.
Nov.  5 and Nov. 7- in class:  Exam 2 (25%).
This exam will be given in two parts on the days shown.
Dec. 11 -  10:15-12:15 in AX104: Comprehensive Final (30%)

Homework Assignments and Solutions
Week Problems (Due Mondays)

Solutions




1 Explain Demo, E1B.5, E2B.1, E2B.7, E1B.9, E1S.3,  E1S.4 Week 1
2 In-class "contest" questionE2B.3, E2S.1, E2B.8, E2S.10,  E2S.12, E2R.1 Week 2
3E3B.5, E3B.6, E3S.6, E4B.1, E4B.6, E5B.2, E5B.6
Week 3
4E3S.5  (you will need this program), E4B.4, E4B.7, E4S.9, E5B.10. E5S.13, E6B.1, E6B.4
Week 4
5E6S.5, E6A.2 (This is called a "bridge circuit"), E7B.1, E7B.2, E7B.3, E7B.7.
Week 5
6Homework deferred until week 7 due to Exam 1.

7E7S.4, E7S.12, E8B.1, E8B.5, E8B.5
Week 7
8Wed:  E8B.4, E8B.6.  Fri: E8B.9, E9B.1.  Mon: E8S.3,  E8S.5, E9B.2
Week 8
9Wed:  E9B.1, E9B.5.  Fri: E10B.1, E10B.2.  Mon: E10S.1,  E10S.2, E11B.1
Week 9
10Fri: Do this problem set here.  Mon (Exam Review):  E7S.5,  E8S.9, E9S.8,  E10S.3,  E11S.4
Week 10a, Week 10b
11Fri: Do this problem here Mon:  Do this problem set here.
Week 11
12Homework deferred until week  13 due to Thanksgiving.

13Do this problem set here. Week 13
14Do this problem set here. Week 14

Supplementary Notes
Electostatics
Charge

Electric fields

Electric fields, supplement

Gauss’ law

Work and potential energy

Work and potential energy, supplement

Line integrals, supplement

Electric dipoles

Electric potential

Cross product review

Currents

Current in conductors

Work and Power in electric currents

Magnetostatics

Lorentz force

Magnetic dipoles

Biot-Savart law

Ampere’s law

Electrodynamics
Faraday's law
Maxwell's correction to Ampere's law
Electromagnetic waves 0
Electromagnetic waves 1
Electromagnetic waves 2
Electronics
Electronics Insides
Capacitance
Energy in capacitors
Inductance
Energy in inductors
DC Circuits,  Typical circuit diagram
Addition of components
LRC circuit
AC circuits 1
AC circuits 2

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