PHYS 598-MMA - Fall 2006
Mathematical Methods for Physics I
Course News Page

• Homework #13...
  (updated 12/01/2006)
  • This homework is optional, in the sense that it won't be graded.
    I would like you to try it, but I shall not expect that you have before the Final Exam.

• Final exam...
  (posted 11/14/2006)
  • I would like to hold the final exam on the last day of class (Wednesday December 6) from 10am to 12:50pm.
    Please let me know by email, as soon as possible (and certainly by 5pm on Wednesday, November 22),
    if this proposal is not acceptable to you.

• Thanksgiving Holiday...
  (posted 11/14/2006)
  • Enjoy your well-earned break -- no lectures on...
    • Monday November 20
    • Wednesday November 22
    • Monday November 27
    • ...and no PMG office hour on Tuesday November 28,
      as I shall still be out of town (so sorry to not be there),
      but TA Zhang will try to be available to substitute for me on Tuesday
      at 5pm in 136 Loomis (in addition to the usual Wednesday office hour)

• Homework #11 and #12...
  (posted 11/14/2006)
  • This is a combined homework that should be turned in in one piece
    by 4pm on Friday December 1 (not Thursday November 30).
  • Please note (11/20/2006): Question 4 of Homework #12 has been slightly reworded.

• Homework #10...
  (posted 11/05/2006)
  • This homework should be turned in by 4pm on Thursday November 16.

• Homework #9...
  (posted 10/29/2006)
  • This homework should be turned in by 4pm on Thursday November 9.
  • Please note (11/5/2006): Various problems have been slightly reworded and, more
    importantly, additional parts have been made optional so as to ease the workload.

• Homework #8...
  (posted 10/09/2006)
  • This homework should be turned in by 4pm on Thursday November 2.
  • Please note that Problems 1(j) and 1(k) are now optional.
  • Please note: a typo in Problem 1(c) has been fixed
    (the special case corresponds to m=0, not m=1)

• Mid-term exam...
  (posted 10/10/2006)
  • in class on Wednesday, October 25
  • 1.5 hours, closed book, no calculators

• Special office hours...
  (posted 10/20/2006)
  • 10:30 to 11:30am in 144 Loomis on Monday, October 23, with TA Shiying Dong
  • 5 to 6pm in in 136 Loomis on Tuesday, October 24, with TA James Zhang
  • (no office hour on Wednesday, October 25)

• Make-up lectures...
  (posted 10/10/2006)
  • 7pm on Thursday October 19
  • 7pm on Thursday November 16
    (both in 144 Loomis Lab)

• Homework #7...
  (posted 10/09/2006)
  • This homework should be turned in by 4pm on Thursday October 19
  • Please note the shortened and modified form that Problem 4.b.iv has
    (as of 9:30pm on 10/15/2006); it now begins: "When alpha is close...".

• Homework #6...
  (posted 10/02/2006)
  • This homework should be turned in by 4pm on Thursday October 12

• Homework #5...
  (posted 09/24/2006)
  • This homework should be turned in by 4pm on Thursday October 5

• Homework #4...
  (posted 09/17/2006)
  • This homework should be turned in by 4pm on Thursday September 28

• Homework #3...
  (posted 09/08/2006)
  • This homework should be turned in by 4pm on Thursday September 21

• Homework #2...
  (posted 09/03/2006)
  • This homework should be turned in by 4pm on Thursday September 14

• Homework #1...
  (posted 08/29/2006)
  • This homework should be turned in by 4pm on Thursday September 7

• Be sure...
  (when asked) to send your preferred e-mail address to TA Shiying Dong (with no attachments)
  so that we can set up a mailing list for course bulletins
  (posted 08/20/2006)

• Homework #0...
  (posted 08/20/2006)
  • This homework is optional (although I do encourage you to try it)

• The final exam...
  is scheduled for 8:00 to 11:00 am on Thursday December 14 in the usual classroom
  (posted 08/20/2006)

• Link to the Course Gradebook is available here
  (posted 09/05/2006)

• Basic homework schedule...
  (posted 08/20/2006)
  
  • Homework is issued on Wednesdays via the web
  • And typically due on Thursdays (i.e. eight days later)
  • It's to be turned in by 4pm to the 598-MMA Loomis Homework Box
  • The Loomis Homework Boxes are on the second floor of the building,
    on the interpass connecting Loomis Lab and the Materials Research Lab
  • Graded homeworks will typically be returned on Wednesday in class (i.e. six days after they are due)

• PHYS 598-MMA lecture notes...
  • These are available to you via the University Library's notes server.
    I expect to add the occasional section from time to time.
    You will need your UIUC NetID to access the notes (at least from off campus).
    (posted 08/20/2006)

• PHYS 598-MMA lecture notes...
  • Copies are available for you to purchase at the Illini Union Bookstore
    (posted 08/24/2006)

• Office hours...
  when, where and with whom?
  (posted 08/20/2006)
  
  
  • Prof. Paul Goldbart (goldbart@uiuc.edu)
    Office hours
    day: Tuesdays
    time: 5pm
    location: 136 Loomis Lab
    
    
  • TA and Grader Shiying Dong (odd homeworks) (sdong2@uiuc.edu)
    Office: 496 Loomis Lab
    Office phone: 244-6687
    Office hours
    day: Wednesdays
    time: 2pm
    location: 496 Loomis Lab
    
    
  • TA and Grader Longxiang Zhang (even homeworks) (lzhang24@uiuc.edu)
    Office: 390F Loomis Lab
    Office phone: 244-2133
    Office hours
    day: Wednesdays
    time: 2pm
    location: 390F Loomis Lab

• Where...
  does the class meet?
  144 Loomis Lab
  (posted 08/20/2006)

• When...
  does the class meet?
  On Mondays and Wednesdays from 10:30am to 11:50am
  (posted 08/20/2006)