Physics 234, General Physics, is the fourth quarter of a five quarter, calculus-based, introductory physics sequence for physics majors and minors. The primary topics are AC circuits, EM waves, optics, and special relativity.

Class Materials

• Course Syllabus Course Syllabus [.pdf format **]

• Homework assignments [.pdf format **]

  Problem Sets 1 through 3

  Problem Sets 4 through 6

   

• Homework and Exam Solutions

  From the course reserves at the University Library

• Sinusoidally driven, series LRC circuits

  Animated plots showing frequency-dependent electrical features in series LRC circuits as functions of the Q-value.

   

• Interference Patterns of Two Point Sources

  Animated plots showing the two-dimensional interference patterns produced by two point sources.

   

• A few interesting external links

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Maintained by A. John Mallinckrodt and last updated on 27 January 1999 .

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