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Reading Pre-Class

Posted on 2008/01/16 by kiwinerd

Hi all, One message I received loud and clear from various students today (in a variety of ways) was that different students prefer different paces of computation in class. This range of pace-preferences is likely to remain, or grow – … Continue reading →

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Lecture 16 Jan

Posted on 2008/01/15 by kiwinerd

Download the lecture notes here: 16jan2008 Synopsis The focus for today is: formulating the action principle for strings, both non-relativistic and relativistic. We will derive/motivate the Nambu-Goto action principle, and start discussing boundary conditions. This leads to the concept of … Continue reading →

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Office hours

Posted on 2008/01/12 by kiwinerd

Regular office hours for PHY2406H will be held after Friday class in my office: 12-1pm in MP1118. This is just two doors down the (North wall) hallway from our classroom. Students taking the course for credit and auditors alike are … Continue reading →

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Lecture 11 Jan

Posted on 2008/01/10 by kiwinerd

Download the lecture notes here: 11jan2008 Synopsis The foci of today’s lecture were as follows: unification – why is marrying gravity with gauge forces hard? particle worldlines versus string worldsheets; handwaving description of the quantum Casimir effect on string oscillations; … Continue reading →

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Meeting 09 Jan

Posted on 2008/01/08 by kiwinerd

FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT The first class meeting is scheduled for Wednesday 9th January from 11:10am-12:00noon in MP1115. Please bring your brains and your calendars with you, as most of what we will discuss will be organizational. The physics will start for … Continue reading →

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