The following assignments are tentative and are subject to change until I assign them in class.

1-3, 1-5, 2-6, 2-8, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3

DUE: Thursday, January 31, 2002

3-5, 3-8, 3-11, 3-12, 4-1, 4-4

DUE: Thursday, February 7, 2002

4-8, 4-9, 4-11, 5-2, 6-7, 6-12

DUE: Thursday, February 14, 2002

• small error in problem 4-9 b. = in the equation: the s_z² should have a bar over it.
• you may need to use results from problem 4-9 in solving problem 4-11

7-2, 7-4, 7-6, 7-12, 8-3, 8-15, 8-18

DUE: Thursday, February 21, 2002

• problem 7-6b: Hint should say Eq. 2.11

9-1, 9-5, 9-11, 9-14, 9-15, 9-23

9-5 c) will be an expression which still has C1 and C2 in it

DUE: Thursday, March 7, 2002

10-2, 10-7, 10-10, 11-5, 11-7

DUE: Thursday, March 14, 2002

12-3, 12-5, 12-8, 12-11, 12-13

12-11: equation in book has a DASH in it not a minus sign (mole - C)

12-11: may help to do part b) before part a)

DUE: Thursday, March 21, 2002

13-8, 13-11, 13-13 14-1, 14-3, 14-7, 14-12

DUE: Thursday, April 9, 2002

16-3, 16-6, 16-8, 16-16, 17-1, 17-6

17-6 a) think carefully about number of degrees of freedom

17-6 b) harmonic oscillator: ave kinetic energy = (1/4)mw²A² where w = SQRT(g/L) Check this is a freshmen physics book if you do not remember!!

DUE: Thursday, April 25, 2002

18-7, 18-8, 18-9, 18-11, 18-12, 18-16

DUE: Thursday, May 2, 2002

21-6, 21-11, 21-16, 21-24, 24-4, 24-8

Hint: 24-8 You may assume that m/kT is small.

DUE: Thursday, May 9, 2002