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Final announcement

Hi everyone, It was a privilege and pleasure to teach you this semester. I hope you got what you came for and had fun learning physics with the other students in our class. People generally did well on the homeworks, and … Continue reading

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HW2 grade distribution

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HW1 grade distribution

All of these grades are likely to fall in the A- to A+ range once scaled and added to the other items at the end of term. (P.S.: I only ever scale raw marks UP, never down!)  

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Final Exam is on April 15/16

Hi everyone, The final exam dates have been finalized. They are Monday 15th and Tuesday 16th April. The first day is individual calculations and the second day is the team calculation. Allow for 9am-5pm each day (you will not need … Continue reading

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Make-up lecture Mon 11 Mar 6-8pm

Hi everyone, As agreed in class today, we will hold a two-hour make-up lecture (to substitute for last week when I was sick in bed) on Monday 11th March from 6-8pm. It will be in our usual classroom MP1115. I … Continue reading

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Illness-based grading delay

Hi everyone, First, my deepest apologies for missing class last Thursday. I was mortified to be so sick that I couldn’t wake up for an 11am class! Thanks to Ashley for checking on me by cellphone: it was exactly the … Continue reading

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Final Exam date

Hi everyone, Based on information students have given me, I have a proposed date for our PHY2404S final exam: Monday 15th and Tuesday 16th April. I chose this timeframe because later times in the schedule collided with other exams or … Continue reading

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Homework file naming etiquette

Hi everyone, May I make a suggestion for how you name the electronic files that you send me as your homework assignments? Please do not just name your email attachment “Homework2″ because that does not tell me your name nor … Continue reading

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HW2 update

Hi everyone, I fielded several questions about the HW2 assignment on Thursday and Friday from various students. (Awesome! I love questions.) Most questions centred on aspects of group theory. Accordingly, I have modified the statement of Question 1 to make … Continue reading

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Sigma two is not sigma squared

Hi everybody, Scott has alerted me to a potentially confusing ambiguity in Problem 2 of HW1. In part (a) I asked you to prove an identity involving ψL* and the second Pauli sigma matrix σ2. Please note that sigma superscript two … Continue reading

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