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Schedule

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Please note: readings are to be done prior to lecture on the day they are assigned!

Week Date Lecture Discussion Homework
and Readings		 Exam
1
Monday
8/26/2024
        
Tuesday
8/27/2024
 Week 1, Lecture 1:
Welcome and Introduction to Special Relativity

 		  Morin: 1.1-1.2,
Appendix F 6.6.1-6.6.3
 		  
Wednesday
8/28/2024
 No Office Hours
Thursday
8/29/2024
     HW 1 assigned  
Friday
8/30/2024
   Discussion 1
(solutions)		    
2
Monday
9/2/2024
        
Tuesday
9/3/2024
 Week 2, Lecture 2:
The Three Fundamental Effects of Relativity

 		 Morin: 1.3-1.4  
Wednesday
9/4/2024
 Office Hours 1:00PM - 3:50PM NOYES Lab 157  
Thursday
9/5/2024
     HW 1 due
(HW 1 solutions)
HW 2 assigned		  
Friday
9/6/2024
   Discussion 2
(solutions)		    
3
Monday
9/9/2024
 Labor Day Holiday      
Tuesday
9/10/2024
 Week 3, Lecture 3:  
Vectors, Matrices, and Linear Transformations

 		 (Shankar: 8.1)  
Wednesday
9/11/2024
 Office Hours 1:00PM - 3:50PM EVERITT Lab 2310 
Thursday
9/12/2024
    

HW 2 due
(HW 2 solutions)
HW 3 assigned

  
Friday
9/13/2024
   Discussion 3
(solutions)		    
4
Monday
9/16/2024
      
 
Tuesday
9/17/2024
 Week 4, Lecture 4:  
Derivation of Lorentz Transformations		   Morin: 2.1.3, 
Appendix D		  
Wednesday
9/18/2024
 Office Hours 1:00PM - 3:50PM NOYES Lab 157  
Thursday
9/19/2024
     HW 3 due
(HW 3 solutions)
HW 4 assigned		  
Friday
9/20/2024
   Discussion 4
(solutions)		    
5
Monday
9/23/2024
        
Tuesday
9/24/2024
 Week 5, Lecure 5:  
Matrix Multiplication and Taylor Series

 		 Morin: 2.2,
Appendix G,
(2.7)
 
Wednesday
9/25/2024
 Office Hours 1:00PM - 3:50PM NOYES Lab 157
Thursday
9/26/2024
    

HW 4 due
(HW 4 solutions)
HW 5 assigned

  
Friday
9/27/2024
   Discussion 5
(solutions)		    
6
Monday
9/30/2024
        
Tuesday
10/1/2024
 Week 6, Lecture 6:
Symmetries and Group Theory

 		 (Shankar: 8.2 - 8.4)  
Wednesday
10/2/2024
 Office Hours 1:00PM - 3:50PM NOYES Lab 157
Thursday
10/3/2024
     HW 5 due
(HW 5 solutions)
HW 6 assigned		  
Friday
10/4/2024
   Discussion 6
(solutions)		    
7
Monday
10/7/2024
        
Tuesday
10/8/2024
 Week 7, Lecture 7:  
Invariant Interval and Spacetime Metric

 		 Morin: 2.3-2.4 Midterm practice
(solutions)
Wednesday
10/9/2024
 Office Hours 1:00PM - 3:50PM NOYES Lab 157
Thursday
10/10/2024
     HW 6 due
(HW 6 solutions)
HW 7 assigned		  
Friday
10/11/2024
   Discussion 7
(solutions)		    
8
Monday
10/14/2024
    

HW 7 due
(HW 7 solutions)
(note Monday
due date!)

 Midterm Exam
In-Lecture
Tuesday
10/15/2024
 No Lecture -- Midterm Exam    
Wednesday
10/16/2024
 Office Hours 1:00PM - 3:50PM NOYES Lab 157
Thursday
10/17/2024
    

 
Friday
10/18/2024
 No discussion this week    
9
Monday
10/21/2024
Tuesday
10/22/2024
 Week 9, Lecture 8:  
Relativistic Energy, Momentum, and Force;
Separation of Variables in 1D
 		 Morin: 3.1, 3.5.1
(Shankar: 10.3)		  
Wednesday
10/23/2024
 Office Hours 1:00PM - 3:50PM  EVERITT Lab 2310
Thursday
10/24/2024
     HW 8 assigned
Bonus assignment
(due on day of final)		  
Friday
10/25/2024
   Discussion 8
(solutions)		    
10
Monday
10/28/2024
        
Tuesday
10/29/2024
 Week 10, Lecture 9:  
Relativistic Force in 2D; Vector Fields,
Curvilinear Coordinates, and 
Vector Differential Operators

 		 Morin 3.5.2
(Shankar: 7.1-7.3,
7.5-7.8)		  
Wednesday
10/30/2024
 Office Hours 3:50PM NOYES Lab 157  
Thursday
10/31/2024
     HW 8 due
(HW 8 solutions)
HW 9 assigned
 		  
Friday
11/1/2024
   Discussion 9
(solutions)		    
11
Monday
11/4/2024
        
Tuesday
11/5/2024
 Week 11, Lecture 10:  
4-vector Manipulation, Doppler Effect

 
 		 Morin: 4.1-4.3, 2.5  
Wednesday
11/6/2024
 Office Hours 1:00PM - 3:50PM NOYES Lab 157
Thursday
11/7/2024
     HW 9 due
(HW 9 solutions)
HW 10 assigned		  
Friday
11/8/2024
   Discussion 10
(solutions)		    
12
Monday
11/11/2024
        
Tuesday
11/12/2024
 Week 12, Lecture 11:  
Relativistic Kinematics and Natural Units		   Morin: 3.3-3.4, 4.4  
Wednesday
11/13/2024
 Office Hours 1:00PM - 3:50PM NOYES Lab 157
Thursday
11/14/2024
     HW 10 due
(HW 10 solutions)
HW 11 assigned		  
Friday
11/15/2024
   Discussion 11
(solutions)		    
13
Monday
11/18/2024
        
Tuesday
11/19/2024
 Week 13, Lecture 12:
Line and Surface Integrals, Stokes' Theorem,
Differential Forms of Maxwell's Equations

 		 (Shankar: 7.4, 7.9,
7.11)
Index notation review
 
Wednesday
11/20/2024
 Office Hours 1:00PM - 3:50PM NOYES Lab 157
Thursday
11/21/2024
     HW 11 due
(HW 11 solutions)
HW 12 assigned		  
Friday
11/22/2024
   Discussion 12
(solutions)		    
14
Monday
11/25/2024
 Fall break, no class      
Tuesday
11/26/2024
 Fall break, no class      
Wednesday
11/27/2024
 Fall break, no class      
Thursday
11/28/2024
 Fall break, no class      
Friday
11/29/2024
 Fall break, no class      
15
Monday
12/2/2024
        
Tuesday
12/3/2024
 Week 15, Lecture 13:  
Complex Numbers and Fourier Transforms

 		 (Shankar: Ch. 5)  
Wednesday
12/4/2024
 Office Hours 1:00PM - 3:50PM NOYES Lab 157
Thursday
12/5/2024
     HW 12 due
(HW 12 solutions)
HW 13 assigned		  
Friday
12/6/2024
   Discussion 13
(solutions)		    
16
Monday
12/9/2024
        
Tuesday
12/10/2024
 Week 16, Lecture 14:  
Wave Equation from Maxwell's Equations		   (Shankar: 7.11,
Einstein 1905 paper)		  
Wednesday
12/11/2024
 Office Hours 1:00PM - 3:50PM NOYES Lab 157 HW 13 due
(HW 13 solutions)
(note Wednesday
due date!)		  
Thursday
12/12/2024
  
Friday
12/13/2024
 Reading Day -- No discussion    
 
17
Monday
12/16/2024
      

Final Exam
Tuesday
12/17/2024
  

 		 Bonus assignment
due
Formula sheet
Final practice problems
Wednesday
12/18/2024

Final Exam

  Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
       Location: 141 Wohlers Hall

    
Thursday
12/19/2024
      
Friday
12/20/2024