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Announcements
and Assignments
2004

Announcements posted November 29, 2004:

The Final Exam is now posted.

Announcements posted November 28, 2004:

Sixth through Eighth problem assignments were made in class; they are now repeated here.

Sixth Problem Assignment was due Monday, November 15:
Ch. 4 # 15, 19, 26, 29, 32, 33, 36.

Seventh Problem Assignment is due Monday, November 22:
Ch. 5 # 1, 5, 12, 15, 18, 19, 22, 25, 29, 33, 34, 39, 48.

Eighth Problem Assignment is due Monday, November 29:
Ch. 6 # 1, 6, 7, 10, 12, 17, 25, 26;
Ch. 7 # 1, 7, 8, 11, 20, 49.

Announcements posted October 6, 2004:

Second through Fifth problem assignments were made in class; they are now repeated here.

Second Problem Assignment was due Monday, September 27:
Ch. 1 # 44, 46, 47, 48.
Ch. 2 # 20, 21, 25, 31, 32, 33.

Third Problem Assignment was due Monday, October 4:
Ch. 1 # 13, 15, 16, 18, 25.
Ch. 2 # 38, 40, 42, 43, 47a, 50.

Fourth Problem Assignment is due Wednesday, October 13:
Special assignment, for Friday Oct. 8: Report either
  1) title and one additional line describing a talk given at the Waco meeting; or
  2) what happened during the TTVN link time on Friday.
Ch. 1 # 34, 37, 40, 42, 60, 61, 62.
Ch. 3 # 1, 6, 7, 8, 10, 18, 22.

Fifth Problem Assignment is due Monday, October 18:
Ch. 3 # 28, 31, 33, 40, 41, 45.
Ch. 4 # 1, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 13.

Announcements for September 1, 2004:

First Meeting: This course met for the first time over TTVN at 1 p.m. CDT on Monday, August 23.
Communication: The primary means of communication in this course will be over the internet. For that reason, every person enrolled in the class must contact me by e-mail as soon as possible. If you encounter difficulty doing this, contact me some other way. See the Syllabus for more information.
Getting Started: As soon as possible, you need to:
(1) begin exploring the web pages of this course, and
(2) get your own personal copy of the Griffiths textbook.
Feedback: Let me know if you have any difficulty with anything. The only way for things to improve is for you to give me some feedback.

1st Assignment:
Provide information concerning electronic communication. Access the course web pages; email to the professor the following: your email address, and any limitations on your internet or email access.

Understand all Ch. 1 problems as soon as you reasonably can, starting with the ones in this practice list:
Recommended Practice, not to hand in: Ch. 1 # 2-5, 13, 16, 25, 34, 37, 40, 42, 44, 46-48, 50, 60, 62. Actually, doing all problems would be good practice.
Some general warnings: Pay attention to the differences among differently-, but similarly-, labeled quantities, and to different quantities in different formulas that nevertheless carry the same label. (Prime example, r's.)
Pay attention to the concepts first, not the formulas. If the concepts are clear to you, deciphering the formulas should be straightforward. (If it isn't, then probably you don't really understand the concept.) But if the concept is not clear, results from the formulas will be worse, probably, even if the formula seems clear enough.
Before claiming a result "by symmetry", check that the setup really is sufficiently symmetric; for instance, a current-carrying wire may be placed symmetrically but the current may be not symmetric.

First Problem Assignment:
For Wednesday, Sept. 8, turn in: Ch. 1 #6, 7, 10, 30;
Ch. 2 # 1, 2, 6, 7 (using only Sec. 2.1 method, not Sec. 2.2 method), 9, 10, 14, 18

Much of this page started out as the equivalent page when this course was last offered, in Fall 2002. I am leaving much of it accessible, unchanged, so that you can look, and work, ahead, if you have the time. Any assignment or information from those pages is subject to change, possibly substantial change; however, the old assignments will be excellent practice.

Problems are due in the Kingsville department office by 5 PM on the due date. For non-TAMUK students, normally this means faxing; or scan and attach to an email. For fax, use either the department fax number 361-593-2184 (preferred, if it's working) or Dr. Suson's fax, 361-593-2296. Sometime this semester, there may be a separate number for faxes to come to my computer; keep posted.

PLEASE USE ONLY ONE SIDE of the paper. Scanners (including fax) see through paper surprisingly well. Even if you don't use such a method for submitting, it will be used for returning.

Late work will generally receive some credit until either a final deadline is posted or the specific problem answer is discussed in class, whichever is first. Questions about problems may be asked by email or on TTVN even before the due date; clarification answers will usually be given to such questions.

On problem assignments, you may work with each other; once they are in agreement on a correct response to an assigned problem, a group should submit a single answer page or set of pages, with all names shown on each page, and all will receive the appropriate score. (Of course, if you disagree with the rest of the group, you should make sure your name is on only whatever parts you do agree on and you should submit a separate answer for the disagreement. If the same name appears on papers earning different scores for the same parts, my presumption will be that the lower score applies.)

On problem assignments, please put your name and a page number on each page you use; put the total page count for any group of pages on the first page. (You need not proceed in order; you may submit your work in several groups of pages, numbered separately, if convenient.) This is to ensure no pages are overlooked.

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