Accelerated Introductory Physics UN2801

Professor Norman Christ

This site provides information about this course, offered in the Fall of 2021.

(Last year's Fall semesster website is: http://www.columbia.edu/~nhc1/UN2801_f20/ )

(Last year's Spring semester website is: http://www.columbia.edu/~nhc1/UN2802_s21/ )

• Professor Christ:
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Office:  801 Pupin
  • Telephone:  212 854 3307
  • Office hours: Mondays, 3:30-4:30 pm. (Please the check recent changes below to be sure).
• Text books:
  • Required:    An Introduction to Mechanics, Second Edition, Kleppner and Kolenkow, McGraw Hill, ISBN 978-0-521-19811-0
  • Required (12/2020):   Electricity and Magnetism, Edward M. Purcell,  2nd Edition, available under Files on Courseworks
  • Recommended: The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Feynman, Leighton and Sands, Volume 1, Addison Wesley
  • Recommended: Linear Algebra, fourth edition, Lipschutz and Lipson, ISBN 978-0-07-154352-1, Schaum's Outlines, McGraw Hill.
• Numerical solutions
  • Numerical solutions will be pursued to extend our understanding and explore problems without analytic solutions.
  • We will use the Python language. Instructions, references and sample solutions will be located at: PythonPage.
• Assignments Should be turned in before lecture on the Thursday they are due.
• Class time and place: 10:10-12:00, Tuesday and Thursday, room 329 Pupin.
• Recitation/problem sessions:
  • Chance to see homework problems solved and to ask other questions
• Conducted by Yuhan Guo, Email: [email protected]
• Times:
  • Wednesdays from 1:10-2pm ( Pupin 214 )
  • Fridays, 2:10-3:00 pm (Shapiro 415)
• Added Reading.  (Further material that may be useful for the course.)
• Syllabus and schedule. (Tol be updated as the course proceeds)
• Written notes about topics covered in the course:
  • Defining dimension
• Midterm Exam
  • Try the Practice Midterm
  • Given in class on Thursday, October 21.
  • Closed book without calculators but a single 8.5"x11" sheet of formulae (on both sides) is allowed.
  • The practice midterm will be discussed in a review session at 7:10 on Tuesday, October 19 in room 705 Pupin.
  • Exam will cover material up to but not including collisions.
• Final Exam
  • Three hour exam on Thursday, Dec 16th from 9:00 to 12:00 in room 420 Pupin.
  • The exam will cover all of the material in the course up to but not including electrostatics.
  • You may bring a single 8.5"x11" sheet of formulae with you for the exam. Text books and calculators are not allowed.
  • A practice exam is now available for you to use.
  • There will be a review session for the final exam at 4:10 pm on Tuesday, Dec 14 in room 329.
• Homework: Reading and home assignments will be posted on this site on Thursdays.  Homework will consist of 8-10 problems that should be turned in at the end class on the following Thursday (seven days later).
• Grades: Grades will be determined from a weighted average of the homework (20%), midterm exam (30%) and final exam (50%).
• Help Room.  Help with homework and general questions is available in the Physics Help Room, format and hours to be determined.
• Academic integrity

This site last modified January 17, 2022