Physics 441 - Spring 2016

Welcome to Physics 441!

Spring 2016

General Information

Instructor: John S. Colton
Email: john_colton@byu.edu
Office: N335 ESC
Homework help session: T, Th, and Fri, the days before HW assignments are due. Room C285. On T and Th: 3-4 pm; on Fri: 4-5 pm.

TA: Ty Beus, socialty@gmail.com, office hours will be in the underground lab under the skylight, MWF 2-4 pm

Quick Links

The following links are explained more below.

Syllabus: syllabus - 441 - spring 2016.pdf
HW & Grades: //max.byu.edu

Syllabus

I will bring hardcopies of the syllabus to the first day of class. If you would like to download a pdf version of the syllabus, here is a pdf file: syllabus - 441 - spring 2016.pdf

Homework and Grades

I will use the Physics Department's "Max" system to assign homework and keep track of grades: //max.byu.edu

Handouts

Here are handouts from various class periods.

lecture 1 - What you should already know about fields and potentials - Phys 441.pdf
lecture 7 - Parallel Equations for the Electric and Magnetic Fields - better formatted.pdf
lecture 7 - laplace.xlsx - La Place equation solved by relaxation spreadsheet
lecture 7 - laplace2.xlsx - a second relaxation spreadsheet
lecture 9 - legendre polynomials.pdf
lecture 13 - laplace with dielectric.xls - relaxation spreadsheet that incorporates some dielectric material in middle
lecture 14 - particle motion with Lorentz force.nb (removed) - Mathematica notebook to calculate particle trajectories using the Lorentz force equation

Exams

Sample problems removed.