PHYS 225 Spring 2023
PHYS 225 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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 |
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| 1 |
Monday
1/16/2023 |
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Tuesday
1/17/2023 |
Week 1, Lecture 1: Welcome and Introduction to Special Relativity |
Morin: 1.1-1.2, Appendix F 6.6.1-6.6.3 Notes on velocity addition formula |
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Wednesday
1/18/2023 |
Office Hours 1:30pm-4pm Loomis 276 (note we end early this week) | ||||
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Thursday
1/19/2023 |
Discussion 1 (solutions) |
HW 1 assigned | |||
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Friday
1/20/2023 |
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| 2 |
Monday
1/23/2023 |
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Tuesday
1/24/2023 |
Week 2, Lecture 2: The Three Fundamental Effects of Relativity |
Morin: 1.3-1.4 | |||
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Wednesday
1/25/2023 |
Office Hours 1:30pm-5:30pm Loomis 276 | ||||
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Thursday
1/26/2023 |
Discussion 2 (solutions) |
HW 1 due (HW 1 solutions) HW 2 assigned |
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Friday
1/27/2023 |
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| 3 |
Monday
1/30/2023 |
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Tuesday
1/31/2023 |
Week 3, Lecture 3: Vectors, Matrices, and Linear Transformations |
(Shankar: 8.1) | |||
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Wednesday
2/1/2023 |
Office Hours 1:30pm-5:30pm Loomis 276 | ||||
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Thursday
2/2/2023 |
Discussion 3 (solutions) |
HW 2 due |
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Friday
2/3/2023 |
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| 4 |
Monday
2/6/2023 |
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Tuesday
2/7/2023 |
Week 4, Lecture 4: Derivation of Lorentz Transformations |
Morin: 2.1.3, Appendix D |
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Wednesday
2/8/2023 |
Office Hours 1:30pm-5:30pm Loomis 276 | ||||
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Thursday
2/9/2023 |
Discussion 4 (solutions) |
HW 3 due (HW 3 solutions) HW 4 assigned |
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Friday
2/10/2023 |
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| 5 |
Monday
2/13/2023 |
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Tuesday
2/14/2023 |
Week 5, Lecure 5: Matrix Multiplication and Taylor Series |
Morin: 2.2, Appendix G, (2.7) |
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Wednesday
2/15/2023 |
Office Hours 1:30pm-5:30pm Loomis 276 | ||||
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Thursday
2/16/2023 |
Discussion 5 (solutions) |
HW 4 due |
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Friday
2/17/2023 |
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| 6 |
Monday
2/20/2023 |
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Tuesday
2/21/2023 |
Week 6, Lecture 6: Symmetries and Group Theory |
(Shankar: 8.2 - 8.4) | |||
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Wednesday
2/22/2023 |
Office Hours 1:30pm-5:30pm Loomis 276 | ||||
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Thursday
2/23/2023 |
Discussion 6 (solutions) |
HW 5 due (HW 5 solutions) HW 6 assigned |
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Friday
2/24/2023 |
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| 7 |
Monday
2/27/2023 |
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Tuesday
2/28/2023 |
Week 7, Lecture 7: Invariant Interval and Spacetime Metric |
Morin: 2.3-2.4 | Midterm practice (solutions) |
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Wednesday
3/1/2023 |
Office Hours 1:30pm-5:30pm Loomis 276 | ||||
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Thursday
3/2/2023 |
Discussion 7 (solutions) |
HW 6 due (HW 6 solutions) HW 7 assigned |
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Friday
3/3/2023 |
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| 8 |
Monday
3/6/2023 |
HW 7 due (HW 7 solutions) (note Monday due date!) |
Midterm Exam In-Lecture |
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Tuesday
3/7/2023 |
No Lecture -- Midterm Exam | ||||
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Wednesday
3/8/2023 |
Office Hours 1:30pm-5:30pm Loomis 276 | ||||
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Thursday
3/9/2023 |
No discussion this week | ||||
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Friday
3/10/2023 |
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| 9 |
Monday
3/13/2023 |
Spring break, no class | |||
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Tuesday
3/14/2023 |
Spring break, no class | ||||
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Wednesday
3/15/2023 |
Spring break, no class | ||||
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Thursday
3/16/2023 |
Spring break, no class | ||||
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Friday
3/17/2023 |
Spring break, no class | ||||
| 10 |
Monday
3/20/2023 |
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Tuesday
3/21/2023 |
Week 10, Lecture 8: Relativistic Energy, Momentum, and Force; Separation of Variables in 1D |
Morin: 3.1, 3.5.1 (Shankar: 10.3) |
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Wednesday
3/22/2023 |
Office Hours 1:30pm-5:30pm Loomis 276 | ||||
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Thursday
3/23/2023 |
Discussion 8 (solutions) |
HW 8 assigned Bonus assignment (due on day of final) |
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Friday
3/24/2023 |
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| 11 |
Monday
3/27/2023 |
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Tuesday
3/28/2023 |
Week 11, 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) |
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Wednesday
3/29/2023 |
Office Hours 1:30pm-5:30pm Loomis 276 | ||||
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Thursday
3/30/2023 |
Discussion 9 (solutions) |
HW 8 due (HW 8 solutions) HW 9 assigned |
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Friday
3/31/2023 |
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| 12 |
Monday
4/3/2023 |
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Tuesday
4/4/2023 |
Week 12, Lecture 10: 4-vector Manipulation, Doppler Effect |
Morin: 4.1-4.3, 2.5 | |||
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Wednesday
4/5/2023 |
Office Hours 1:30pm-5:30pm Loomis 276 | ||||
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Thursday
4/6/2023 |
Discussion 10 (solutions) |
HW 9 due (HW 9 solutions) HW 10 assigned |
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Friday
4/7/2023 |
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| 13 |
Monday
4/10/2023 |
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Tuesday
4/11/2023 |
Week 13, Lecture 11: Relativistic Kinematics and Natural Units |
Morin: 3.3-3.4, 4.4 | |||
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Wednesday
4/12/2023 |
Office Hours 1:30pm-5:30pm Loomis 276 | ||||
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Thursday
4/13/2023 |
Discussion 11 (solutions) |
HW 10 due (HW 10 solutions) HW 11 assigned |
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Friday
4/14/2023 |
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| 14 |
Monday
4/17/2023 |
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Tuesday
4/18/2023 |
Week 14, Lecture 12: Line and Surface Integrals, Stokes' Theorem, Differential Forms of Maxwell's Equations |
(Shankar: 7.4, 7.9, 7.11) Index notation review |
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Wednesday
4/19/2023 |
Office Hours 1:30pm-5:30pm Loomis 276 | ||||
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Thursday
4/20/2023 |
Discussion 12 (solutions) |
HW 11 due |
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Friday
4/21/2023 |
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Monday
4/24/2023 |
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Tuesday
4/25/2023 |
Week 15, Lecture 13: Complex Numbers and Fourier Transforms |
(Shankar: Ch. 5) | |||
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Wednesday
4/26/2023 |
Office Hours 1:30pm-5:30pm Loomis 276 | ||||
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Thursday
4/27/2023 |
Discussion 13 (solutions) |
HW 12 due (HW 12 solutions) HW 13 assigned |
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Friday
4/28/2023 |
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| 16 |
Monday
5/1/2023 |
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Tuesday
5/2/2023 |
Week 16, Lecture 14: Wave Equation from Maxwell's Equations |
(Shankar: 7.11, Einstein 1905 paper) |
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Wednesday
5/3/2023 |
Office Hours 1:30pm-5:30pm Loomis 276 | HW 13 due (HW 13 solutions) (note Wednesday due date!) |
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Thursday
5/4/2023 |
Reading Day -- No discussion | ||||
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Friday
5/5/2023 |
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| 17 |
Monday
5/8/2023 |
Final Exam |
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Tuesday
5/9/2023 |
Final Exam 1:30pm-4:30pm Materials Science and Eng Bldg, Room 100 |
Bonus assignment due Formula sheet Final practice problems |
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Wednesday
5/10/2023 |
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Thursday
5/11/2023 |
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Friday
5/12/2023 |
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