Other majors require the instructor's permission. May be repeated for credit by performing different experiments. The laboratory has 13 individual experiments available, of which two are required per 2 points. Each experiment is chosen by the student in consultation with the instructor. Each section meets one afternoon per week, with registration in each section limited by the laboratory capacity.
Registration is limited to the capacity of the laboratory.
A sequence of experiments in solid-state electronics, with introductory lectures. Lagrange's formulation of mechanics, calculus of variations and the Action Principle, Hamilton's formulation of mechanics, rigid body motion, Euler angles, continuum mechanics, introduction to chaotic dynamics. Not offered in 2000-2001. Not offered in 2000-2001. Highlights of complex analysis, differential equations, integral equations, Green's functions, special functions, Fourier and other transforms, approximation methods, group theory and representations, differential geometry and manifolds.