Physics 1C Homework Schedule and Solutions
Disclaimer:
- Please check this page often as homeworks may be revised
according to our progress during the week. Note that the lecture notes define the examinable material, not the homeworks or chapter assignments.
- You are expected to attempt these homework questions honestly by yourself!
The TA will post Homework solutions shortly before the Wednesday evening problem section.
- Week 1: EM radiation, scattering, reflection, refraction:
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Ch22: 12, 15, 24, 44, 45.
Ch23: 1, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 18, 20, 29, 30, 36, 38, 44, 46, 49, 64, 67.
Solutions
- Week 2: Geometrical Optics
- Ch24: 3, 12, 13, 17, 20, 27, 30, 31, 32, 47, 61, 67, 75, 77, 79, 80, 84, 86.
Solutions
- Week 3: Physical Optics
- Ch25: 5, 7, 13, 19, 24, 31, 34, 37, 47, 73, 78, 88, 93, 95, 97, 98, 99, 100, plus additional 50, 53, 56. Solutions
- Week 4: Quantum Theory, Atomic Structure, X-rays
- Ch28: 1,3,, 7, 8, 9, 19, 21, 25, 28, 31, 32, 44-47, 58, 59, 60, 66, 67.
Ch27: 25, 28, 36, 38, 43, 47, 51. Solutions (21 pages!).
- Week 5: Quantum Mechanics
- Ch29: 1, 5, 7, 9, 17, 36, 41, 46, 49, 51. Solutions
Physics 1C