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Week Six - Simple Harmonic Oscillators

  • Posted by fisher
  • October 30, 2006

The first of a mini series which focuses on specific topics in physics. This week, the Simple Harmonic Oscillator, classical and quantum mechanical.

 
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Week Five - Mechanics

  • Posted by fisher
  • October 23, 2006

MechanicsClassical mechanics: Lagrangians (with and without constraints), Hamiltonians, generalized coordinates, Newton’s laws, momentum and energy conservation.

 
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Week Four - Three Things

  • Posted by fisher
  • October 16, 2006

Three ThingsThing one, thing two and thing three: every field boils down to three basic ideas. Some thoughts on how to discover them and what to do with them.

 
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Week Three - Numbers

  • Posted by fisher
  • October 9, 2006

NumbersConstants and other numbers which Physics students should know. Numbers are important and not very hard to remember.

 
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Week Two - Making Outlines

  • Posted by fisher
  • October 2, 2006

OutlinesMaking outlines, useful textbooks and more. To start: sit down with your notes or the text from your undergraduate class and make an outline.

 
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