Welcome to Physics 230 Fall 2007

Instructor: Branton J. Campbell

Office hours: TTh 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

Office: N261 ESC, Tel: 422-5758

http://www.physics.byu.edu/faculty/campbell

 

Syllabus and Class Schedule

Sample Final Exam

Textbook chapters.  There are reading assignments from the text to complete each week.

Introduction/Index     Chapter 1     Chapter 2     Chapter 3     Chapter 4

Chapter 5     Chapter 6     Chapter 7     Chapter 8     Chapter 9

 

Lab templates.  You should work the assigned lab exercises within these templates before passing them off.

Lab 1     Lab 2     Lab 3     Lab 4     Lab 5     Lab 6     Lab 7

Lab 8     Lab 9     Lab 10     Lab 11     Lab 12     Lab 13     Lab 14

 

Lab-exercise Sign-Off sheet: signoff.pdf

 

Announcements: (check regularly)

 

Aug 28, 2007:  We will use both Maple (v11.0) and Mathematica (v6.0) this Fall.  These are powerful analytical tools that you can use in a variety of academic and industrial settings.  Both software packages are available in our classroom (105 SWKT) and in our department computer labs.

 

Aug 30, 2007:  The syllabus, textbook chapters and lab templates were all updated for Fall semester at 11:40 AM today.  Any files that you might have downloaded previously should be downloaded again.  On the first day of class, we will help you to identify a convenient place to keep your files (there are several options).

 

Dec 7, 2007:  Lab 14 is now available.  This Mathematica notebook (.nb) file is an introduction to Mathematica, which is installed on the computers in 105 SWKT.  Open the file and follow the instructions.  At the end of each of the first four sections, there are a few lab exercises to complete.  The later sections only require you to execute the examples provided and to explain the output produced.