5/06 A copy of the solutions to Test 5 is now
available at the Noble Library Copy Center.
4/29 In preparation for our test next week, my
office hours on Wed 4/30 and Fri 5/2 in
PSF-462 (usually from 3:40 - 5:00) will be
extended. I will be available until at least
7:00 PM to answer your questions about
Chapters 12, 14, and 16.
4/22 A copy of the solutions to Test 4 is now
available at the Noble Library Copy Center.
4/01 A copy of the solutions to Test 3 is now
available at the Noble Library Copy Center.
3/24 In preparation for the test on Wednesday, my
office hours on Mon 3/24 in PSF-462 (usually
from 3:40 - 5:00) will be extended. I will
be available until at least 7:00 PM to answer
your questions about Chapters 7-8.
2/28 A copy of the solutions to Test 2 is now
available at the Noble Library Copy Center.
2/27 Next week I will be in Austin, Texas, attending
the March meeting of the American Physical
Society, which is particularly for solid-state
physicists. This meeting usually occurs during
spring break, but that is not the case this year.
All classes will meet as usual. Your lectures
will be given by Prof. Luanna Ortiz. During my
office hours, PSF-462 is reserved as usual for
you or your study group, but of course I will not
be there to answer your questions. If you need
help, please see your TA's during their office
hours. I will return on Sun 3/9.
2/25 In preparation for the test on Friday, my
office hours on Wed 2/26 in PSF-462 (usually
from 3:40 - 5:00) will be extended. I will
be available until at least 7:00 PM to answer
your questions about Chapters 5-6.
2/13 A copy of the solutions to Test 1 is now
available at the Noble Library Copy Center.
2/10 Comments on the neatness and organization of HW.
It is to your advantage to make your HW as
neat as possible. If your TA can follow your
logic clearly, then it is more likely that you
will receive the proper credit for your work on
the 10 point problems.
It is also to your advantage to organize
your HW as clearly and as neatly as possible.
This increases the likelihood that your TA will
find all of the one point problems and be able
to determine that you have made a "good faith
attempt to solve them." Please do not simply
copy down the right answer and then expect to
receive credit for an attempt to solve any
particular problem.
Neatness and good organization is to your
own advantage as well as a point of consideration
for your TA and for your fellow students, whose
papers are being graded at the same time as yours.
Remember that your TA is grading as many as 100
HW papers per week.
Homework that is EXCESSIVELY sloppy and/or
disorganized, to the point of being extremely
difficult or impossible to grade, will not receive
credit, at the disgression of your TA. In such
a case the TA will make a copy of your HW paper,
in case of an appeal to the course instructor.
2/04 In preparation for the test on Monday, my office
hours on Wed 2/05 in PSF-462 (usually from
3:40 - 5:00) will be extended. I will be available
until at least 7:00 PM to answer your questions
about Chapters 1-4.
1/29 The old tests (from Spring 2001) are now available
in the Noble Library Copy Center. They are
available with or without solutions. The 'without
solutions' version is useful for giving yourself a
timed practice test.
1/22 Many of the dates on the HW schedule distributed
with the syllabus are incorrect. The errors are
only in the dates. The dates on the lecture
schedule are correct. I apologize for any
confusion this may cause. The HW schedule on the
web has the correct dates. Also a HW schedule
with correct dates will be available in lecture
on Fri 1/24 and Mon 1/26.