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
1/15/2024 |
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Tuesday
1/16/2024 |
Week 1, Lecture 1: Welcome and Introduction to Special Relativity |
Morin: 1.1-1.2 (1.1.2 optional), Appendix F 6.6.1-6.6.3 |
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Wednesday
1/17/2024 |
Office Hours 1:30-5:20pm Materials Science and Eng. Bldg 119 | ||||
Thursday
1/18/2024 |
HW 1 assigned (HW 1 solutions) |
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Friday
1/19/2024 |
Discussion 1 (solutions) |
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2 |
Monday
1/22/2024 |
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Tuesday
1/23/2024 |
Week 2, Lecture 2: The Three Fundamental Effects of Relativity |
Morin: 1.3-1.4 | |||
Wednesday
1/24/2024 |
Office Hours 4-6pm Loomis 276 | ||||
Thursday
1/25/2024 |
Office Hours 3:30-5:30pm Loomis 276 | HW 1 due HW 2 assigned (HW 2 solutions) |
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Friday
1/26/2024 |
Discussion 2 (solutions) |
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3 |
Monday
1/29/2024 |
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Tuesday
1/30/2024 |
Week 3, Lecture 3: Vectors, Matrices, and Index Notation |
(Shankar: 8.1) | |||
Wednesday
1/31/2024 |
Office Hours 4-6pm Loomis 276 | ||||
Thursday
2/1/2024 |
Office Hours 3:30-5:30pm Loomis 276 |
HW 2 due |
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Friday
2/2/2024 |
Discussion 3 (solutions) |
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4 |
Monday
2/5/2024 |
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Tuesday
2/6/2024 |
Week 4, Lecture 4: Derivation of Lorentz Transformations |
Morin: 2.1.3, Appendix D |
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Wednesday
2/7/2024 |
Office Hours 4-6pm Loomis 276 | ||||
Thursday
2/8/2024 |
Office Hours 3:30-5:30pm Loomis 276 | HW 3 due HW 4 assigned (HW 4 solutions) |
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Friday
2/9/2024 |
Discussion 4 (solutions) |
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5 |
Monday
2/12/2024 |
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Tuesday
2/13/2024 |
Week 5, Lecure 5: Matrix Multiplication and Taylor Series |
Morin: 2.2, Appendix G, (2.7) |
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Wednesday
2/14/2024 |
Office Hours 4-6pm Loomis 276 | ||||
Thursday
2/15/2024 |
Office Hours 3:30-5:30pm Loomis 276 |
HW 4 due |
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Friday
2/16/2024 |
Discussion 5 (solutions) |
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6 |
Monday
2/19/2024 |
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Tuesday
2/20/2024 |
Week 6, Lecture 6: Symmetries and Group Theory |
(Shankar: 8.2 - 8.4) | |||
Wednesday
2/21/2024 |
Office Hours 4-6pm Loomis 276 | ||||
Thursday
2/22/2024 |
Office Hours 3:30-5:30pm Loomis 276 | HW 5 due HW 6 assigned (HW 6 solutions) |
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Friday
2/23/2024 |
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7 |
Monday
2/26/2024 |
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Tuesday
2/27/2024 |
Week 7, Lecture 7: Invariant Interval and Spacetime Metric |
Morin: 2.3-2.4 | |||
Wednesday
2/28/2024 |
Office Hours 4-6pm Loomis 276 | ||||
Thursday
2/29/2024 |
Office Hours 3:30-5:30pm Loomis 276 | HW 6 due HW 7 assigned (HW 7 solutions) |
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Friday
3/1/2024 |
Discussion 7 (solutions) |
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8 |
Monday
3/4/2024 |
HW 7 due (note Monday due date!) |
Midterm Exam In-Lecture |
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Tuesday
3/5/2024 |
Midterm Exam (No lecture) | Practice midterm (solutions) |
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Wednesday
3/6/2024 |
Office Hours CANCELLED | ||||
Thursday
3/7/2024 |
(No office hours Thurs this week) | ||||
Friday
3/8/2024 |
No discussion this week | ||||
9 |
Monday
3/11/2024 |
Spring break, no class | |||
Tuesday
3/12/2024 |
Spring break, no class | ||||
Wednesday
3/13/2024 |
Spring break, no class | ||||
Thursday
3/14/2024 |
Spring break, no class | ||||
Friday
3/15/2024 |
Spring break, no class | ||||
10 |
Monday
3/18/2024 |
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Tuesday
3/19/2024 |
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
3/20/2024 |
Office Hours 4-6pm Loomis 276 | ||||
Thursday
3/21/2024 |
Office Hours 3:30-5:30pm Loomis 276 | HW 8 assigned (HW 8 solutions) Bonus assignment (due on day of final) |
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Friday
3/22/2024 |
Discussion 8 (solutions) |
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11 |
Monday
3/25/2024 |
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Tuesday
3/26/2024 |
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
3/27/2024 |
Office Hours 4-6pm Loomis 276 | ||||
Thursday
3/28/2024 |
Office Hours 3:30-5:30pm Loomis 276 | HW 8 due HW 9 assigned (HW 9 solutions) |
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Friday
3/29/2024 |
Discussion 9 (solutions) |
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12 |
Monday
4/1/2024 |
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Tuesday
4/2/2024 |
Week 12, Lecture 10: 4-vector Manipulation, Doppler Effect |
Morin: 4.1-4.3, 2.5 | |||
Wednesday
4/3/2024 |
Office Hours 4-6pm Loomis 276 | ||||
Thursday
4/4/2024 |
Office Hours 3:30-5:30pm Loomis 276 | HW 9 due HW 10 assigned (HW 10 solutions) |
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Friday
4/5/2024 |
Discussion 10 (solutions) |
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13 |
Monday
4/8/2024 |
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Tuesday
4/9/2024 |
Week 13, Lecture 11: Relativistic Kinematics and Natural Units |
Morin: 3.3-3.4, 4.4 | |||
Wednesday
4/10/2024 |
Office Hours 4-6pm Loomis 276 | ||||
Thursday
4/11/2024 |
Office Hours 3:30-5:30pm Loomis 276 | HW 10 due HW 11 assigned (HW 11 solutions) |
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Friday
4/12/2024 |
Discussion 11 (solutions) |
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14 |
Monday
4/15/2024 |
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Tuesday
4/16/2024 |
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
4/17/2024 |
Office Hours 4-6pm Loomis 276 | ||||
Thursday
4/18/2024 |
Office Hours 3:30-5:30pm Loomis 276 |
HW 11 due |
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Friday
4/19/2024 |
Discussion 12 (solutions) |
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15 |
Monday
4/22/2024 |
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Tuesday
4/23/2024 |
Week 15, Lecture 13: Complex Numbers and Fourier Transforms |
(Shankar: Ch. 5) | |||
Wednesday
4/24/2024 |
Office Hours 4-6pm Loomis 276 | ||||
Thursday
4/25/2024 |
Office Hours 3:30-5:30pm Loomis 276 | HW 12 due HW 13 assigned |
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Friday
4/26/2024 |
Discussion 13 (solutions) |
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16 |
Monday
4/29/2024 |
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Tuesday
4/30/2024 |
Week 16, Lecture 14: Wave Equation from Maxwell's Equations |
(Shankar: 7.11, Einstein 1905 paper) |
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Wednesday
5/1/2024 |
Office Hours 4-6pm Loomis 276 | HW 13 due (note Wednesday due date!) |
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Thursday
5/2/2024 |
Reading Day Office Hours 3:30-5:30pm Loomis 276 |
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Friday
5/3/2024 |
No discussion - finals week | ||||
17 |
Monday
5/6/2024 |
Final Exam |
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Tuesday
5/7/2024 |
FINAL EXAM 1:30-4:30pm, 114 David Kinley Hall |
Bonus assignment due Final formula sheet Final practice problems |
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Wednesday
5/8/2024 |
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Thursday
5/9/2024 |
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Friday
5/10/2024 |