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Old Announcements
Current announcements are on the syllabus page.
4/20/09
Posted the notes on reciprocal lattices under L9. See also the Brillouin zone link on the “links” page.
4/??/09
I made a mistake in my posting of the grades for Hwk 2. I have reposted them on BB. Everyone should now have a higher number than previously posted. I apologize for the error.
4/10/09
I reloaded L6.pdf after class today having fixed the axis problem on the molecular orbitals graphs. I also added photos of Bloch and Brillouin for cultural interest.
4/6/09
Homework 2 is posted
4/2/09
Thanks to Tevian Dray, wiki-guru and computer-whiz extrordinaire, the difficulty accessing the pdf files is resolved (at least from all the browsers I could check). If you have any problems accessing material from this site, please email me.
4/1/09
Thursday April 2, 2009, 4pm WGR 304 - extra help session on qm formalism.</font>
3/31/09
There is some difficulty accessing the pdf files from different browsers and different machines. It works from all macs. Works from a PC with Internet explorer but not with Firefox. As an interim fix, I have loaded the files onto Blackboard. Homework is under “assignments”, lectures under “course content”.
3/20/09
Physics graduate students: The comp exam is to be held on the first Monday of class. You are excused from class if you are taking the exam, but please let me know. I will arrange a make-up lecture for you at your convenience, and I will post slides.