Lectures: MWF 12:40-1:30 PM, Duane G1B30.

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Lectures:

• Lecture 1 (August 23): Galilean relativity.

• Lecture 2 (August 25): Time dilation.

• Lecture 3 (August 27): Length contraction.

• Lecture 4 (August 30): Lorentz transformations.

• Lecture 5 (September 1): Pole-in-barn paradox.

• Lecture 6 (September 3): Relativistic velocity addition.

• Lecture 7 (September 8): Relativistic energy and momentum.

• Lecture 8 (September 10): Massless particles

• Lecture 9 (September 13): Relativistic collisions

• Lecture 10 (September 15): Nuclear fission and fusion

• Lecture 11 (September 17): Relativistic forces

• Lecture 12 (September 20): General relativity

• Lecture 13 (September 22): Harmonic oscillator and complex numbers

• Lecture 14 (September 24): Euler's formula

• Lecture 15 (September 27): Waves on strings

• Lecture 16 (October 1): The wave equation

• Lecture 17 (October 4): Reflection of waves

• Lecture 18 (October 6): Standing waves

• Lecture 19 (October 8): Sound waves

Homework:

• Homework 1 (due September 2)

• Homework 2 (due September 9)

• Homework 3 (due September 16)

• Homework 4 (due September 23)

• Homework 5 (due October 7)

• Homework 6 (due October 14)

• Homework 7 (due October 21)

Practice Exams:

• Practice Exam 1

Exams:

• Exam 1 (September 30)