Resources for Physics 123 (majors/minors section)

Dr John S. Colton

Handouts

Here are handouts for various class periods, in order of when we will cover them in the semester.

• Formula sheet - You may print this out and write your own notes on it to bring to Testing Center exams. --Not yet posted

Walk-in Labs

Mathematica

• Here is an intro to Mathematica that I wrote specifically for Physics 123 students: Basic Commands of Mathematica, (It must be opened with Mathematica itself, rather than a text editor.)
• Here's the website for Physics 230, where you can learn much MUCH more about Mathematica if you'd like: Physics 230.

Past Exams

Here are some old exams for you to use as study aids. I strongly recommend that you attempt to work the problems on the actual exams before looking at my solutions. Caution: the exams don't necessarily have exactly the same coverage as your semester. For example in some past semesters I had a few lectures on relativity which I no longer do. Also I didn't necessarily do notes/formula sheets in the same way as I now do them; same comment about multiple choice vs non-multiple choice questions, etc.  

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