Cornell University

Department of Physics

Phys 214 August 27, 2003

Waves, Optics, and Particles, Fall 2003

Homework Assignment # 1

(Due Thursday, September 4 at 5:00pm sharp.)

Agenda and readings for the week of September 1:

Skills to be mastered:

• Review arithmetic of complex numbers
• Be able to go back and forth between a graph of simple harmonic motion and the values of
  $x_{\mathrm{eq}}$, $A$, $\omega_o$, $f$, $T$, $\phi_o$.

Lectures and Readings:

Readings marked YF are from the text Young and Freedman, University Physics, 10th edition. Readings marked LN are from the course lecture notes to be found at http://www.muchomas.lassp.cornell.edu/P214.

• Lec 1, 08/28 (Thu): General class introduction; Introduction to simple harmonic motion (SHM).
  Readings: LN ``Simple Harmonic Motion,'' Secs. 1-3; YF 13.1-13.3

• Lec 2, 09/02 (Tue): General and particular solutions for SHM.
  Readings: LN ``Simple Harmonic Motion,'' Sec. 4; YF 13.3

• Lec 3, 09/04 (Thu): Complex representation for SHM.
  Readings: LN ``Simple Harmonic Motion,'' Sec. 5

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