The course grades have been posted as of 3/28/06. Seven A's, 15 B's and three C's.
Here is the book I mentioned in class if you are interested in finding out more about General Relativity, Astrophysics, and Particle Physics:
Introduction to Cosmology by Barbara Ryden, Addison Wesley, ISBN 0-8053-8912-1 (hardcover).
Select the item you want by clicking on it:
Syllabus.
Schedule and Homework.
Notes on em
waves (and one
missing page).
The pdf file on vector calculus and electromagnetic waves is
here.
Notes on
geometric optics and
diffraction.
Notes on the bare minimum we need of
complex number theory (small edits on 1/30).
AC circuit theory using complex number analysis is available
here (errors corrected on 2/6/06).
My notes on Special Relativity are
here.
My notes on Linear Algebra as needed for Relativity are available
here.
Notes on the application of Linear Algebra to Special Relativity are available
here.
Some problems relevant to the application of Linear Algebra to Special Relavity
are
here.
My notes of General Relativity are
here.
Some problems on General Relativity are
here.
Quizz #1,
Quizz #1 solutions,
Quizz #1 scores.
Quizz #2,
Quizz #2 solutions (error in Problem #1 corrected),
Quizz #2 scores.
Quizz #3,
Quizz #3 solutions,
Quizz #3 scores.
Quizz #4,
Quizz #4 solutions,
Quizz #4 scores,
Quizz #4 histogram.
Quizz #5,
Quizz #5 solutions,
Quizz #5 scores.
Final,
Final solutions,
Course grades.
The quizzes' and final's maximum scores are: 145, 140, 140, 120, 100, 300 respectively. Grades have been calculated by:
i) Scaling the scores of all five quizzes so that each quizz has the same maximum score, chosen to be equal to the maximum score of the final (300),
ii) Summing the three quizzes with the highest score (call that Q),
iii) Scaling the final by a factor 3 * (60% / 40%) = 4.5 (call that F),
iv) Summing the Q and F to get the total score T = Q + F,
v) Set boundaries for letter grades (50-60: C+, 60-70: B-, 70-80: B, 80-85: B+, 85-90: A-, 90-95: A, 95-100: A+) (I looked at all 25 finals for setting these boundaries),
vi) Assign extra credit for Problem #2 and #11 of the Final by pushing a score up across a letter grade boundary if the score is just below such a boundary.