Accelerated Introductory Physics UN2802

Professor Norman Christ

This site provides information about this course, offered in the Spring of 2022.

Link to the website for last spring's course: http://www.columbia.edu/~nhc1/UN2802_s21/

Link to the website for last semester's course: http://www.columbia.edu/~nhc1/UN2801_f21/

• Professor Christ:
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Office:  801 Pupin
  • Telephone:  212 854 3307
  • Office hours: Mondays 4:30 - 5:30 pm (in room 801, except 01/24/2022 will be online), Wednesday 5:30 - 6:30 pm (online, see Courseworks for Zoom link)
• Text books:
  • Required: Electricity and Magnetism, Edward M. Purcell,  2nd Edition, available under Files on Courseworks
  • Required: An Introductio to Quiantum Physics, French and Taylor, Norton (1978) ISBN 9780393090154
  • Recommended: The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Feynman, Leighton and Sands, Volume 2, Addison Wesley
  • Recommended: The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Feynman, Leighton and Sands, Volume 3, Addison Wesley
  • Recommended: A Modern Approach to Quantum Mechanics, Second Edition by J.S. Townsend, University Science Books (2012) ISBN 978-1-891389-78-8
  • Recommended: Linear Algebra, fourth edition, Lipschutz and Lipson, ISBN 978-0-07-154352-1, Schaum's Outlines, McGraw Hill.
  • Recommended: Quantum Computation and Quantum Information, ISBN-13: 978-1107002173, Nielsen and Chuang, Cambridge
• 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 These should be submitted to Courseworks: Go to "Assignments" and chose the proper problem set and click submit. You will then be asked for the location of a file to upload. A pdf file would be preferred.
• Class time and place: 10:10-12:00, Tuesday and Thursday, on-line for the first two weeks
• Recitation/problem sessions:
  • Chance to see homework problems solved and to ask other questions
• Conducted by Kshitij Gupta [email protected]
• Wednesdays 4:10pm-5:00pm 222 Pupin and Fridays 11:10am-12:00m 414 Pupin
• Added Reading.  (Further material that may be useful for the course.)
• Syllabus and schedule. (Jan 21, 2022)
• On-line lecture notes. (Links to recordings of the lectures can be found under "Pages" on Courseworks.)
• Notes for quantum mechanics following the approach given in lecture.
• Written notes about topics covered in the course:
• Midterm:
  • March 10, 2022, in class
  • Cover E&M including AC circuits. Will not involve propagating (light wave) solutions of Maxwell's equations
  • Closed book but single 8.5"x11" formula sheet allowed
  • Try out the practice midterm
  • Review session, Tuesday March 8, 2022 at 7:10 pm. Room 705 Pupin
• Final exam:
  • May 12, 2022, 9:00 am in room 329 Pupin.
  • Cover the full semester: E&M and quantum mechanics, up to but not including quantum computing.
  • Closed book but single 8.5"x11" formula sheet allowed
  • Reivew session, Thursday, May 5, 2022: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm. Room 420 Pupin.
  • Try out the practice final.
• Homework: Reading and home assignments will be posted on this site on Thursdays.  Homework will consist of 8-10 problems that should be uploaded to Courseworks 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 May 2, 2022