F2004 Assignments

• Problem Set #1 (out 8/26, due 9/02): Printable PDF of Problem Set #1
  Ammended readings for Problem Set #1 from Vibrations and Waves (VW) ---
  • Lecture 1: VW, pp. 3-6 (up to Eq. 1-2).
  • Lecture 2: VW, pp. 6-7.
  • Lecture 3: VW, pp. 7-16.
  Also, rather than the readings from YF, you can use Prof. Giambattista's text: Sections 2-4 from his Oscillations chapter.
  Solutions [PDF]

• Problem Set #2 (out 9/02, due 9/09) [PDF]
  Notes:
  • Errata for problem set 2 solutions: The solutions posted below are the corrected solutions.
  • There is a typo in Problem 2b. The form of the solution should be x = x_eq + A e^{alpha*t}. (The x_eq was omitted.)
  Solutions [PDF]

• Problem Set #3 (out 9/09, due 9/16) [PDF]
  Solutions [PDF]

• Problem Set #4 (out 9/16, due 9/23) [PDF]
  Erratum for Problem Set 4: The standing wave solution given in Problem 6a) does not satisfy the boundary conditions of the problem. It should not contain a cos(kx) term. It should read "y(x,t)=A cos(wt) sin(kx)".
  Solutions [PDF]

• Problem Set #5 (out 9/23, due 9/30)[PDF].
  Solutions [PDF]

• Problem Set #6 (out 10/07, due 10/14)[PDF]
  Erattum to Solutions for Problem Set #6, Problem 3(d): Since the coil has 50 turns, the induced emf is 50 * 0.56 mV = 28 mV.
  Solutions [PDF]

• Problem Set #7 (out 10/14, due 10/21) [PDF]:
  Erattum to Problem Set #7, Problem #1: The pulse is traveling in the -x direction, not in the x direction.
  Solutions [PDF]

• Problem Set #8 (out 10/21, due 10/29) [PDF]
  Note: In 4.1c, you only have to find the complex number "_r_" not the magnitude |_r_|=r.
  Solutions [PDF]
• Problem Set #9 (out 11/04, due 11/11) [PDF]
  Solutions [PDF]

• Problem Set #10 (out 11/11, due 11/18) [PDF]
  Solutions [PDF]

• Problem Set #11 (out 11/18, due 11/23*) *changed due date for Thanksgiving [PDF]
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• Problem Set #12 (out 11/23*, due 12/03) *changed out/due dates for Thanksgiving [PDF]
  Erratum for Problem 4: Problem 5 should have "U(x>a) = 0" not U(x>0) = 0.

  Solutions [PDF]