Physics 541 Homework Assignments

You are expected to turn in the following homework assignments during the semester, by the dates listed. The assignment list and due dates will be filled out chapter by chapter as we go through the material, so you need to check this page regularly for new assignments and their due dates. The homework assignments correspond to the numbered problems at the end of each chapter in the typeset lecture notes.

These will not be graded very rigorously but will be be checked for completion. This counts 30% of your grade. You may be penalized 25% per day for each day that an assignment is late. This is meant to keep you from getting behind; if there are reasons why you need to be late with an assignment, check with me and we can probably reach an arrangement if your reason is legitimate.

Where solutions are provided, you are expected to do the homework before consulting the solutions. You may work together on the homework assignments as long as each person is doing all the problems (That is, it is not permissible for a team to divide up the work and then copy from each other). You are encouraged to use tools like Maple, Mathematica, MatLab, or programming languages in solving problems and graphing solutions. However, you may not use “black-box” programs written by others to do problems automatically.