Problem Assignments, Phy 360, Spring 2002

When you turn these in,
	staple the pages together.
	label each problem with chapter and number.
	check the units of your result (if applicable).
	check the plausibility of your result.

Due    ch:
23 Jan	2: 2, 5, 6, 8, 13, 14, 15, 19, 21
#1
		Complete the algebra in deriving the Lorentz
		transformations.
		Fill in the missing steps in showing the
		consistency of the time dilation effect.

1 Feb	2: 16, 18, 23
#2	3: 1, 2, 9, 11, 13, 19, 24, 29
	In the pattern used to resolve the time dilation
		paradox, resolve the Lorentz contraction paradox.
	
11 Feb	2: 25
#3	3: 21, 25, 31
	4: 1, 5, 8, 19
	Solve for motion at constant proper acceleration.
		
18 Feb	3: 32, 33, 34
#4	4: 6, 10, 14, 16, 17

25 Feb	3: 30, 38
#5	4: 7, 18, 21, 23, 28, 29
	5: 1, 2
	Do Compton derivation using non-relativistic electron.

4 Mar	If tanh w = v/c, write the Lorentz transformations
#6		in terms of w.
	Write the velocity addition formula in the same language,
		making the result as simple as possible.
	4: 12, 24
	5: Q 1; P 3, 4, 10, 11, 17, 14

29 Mar	4: 20, 30,
#7	5: 5, 8, 15, 21, 31
	6: 1, 5, 6, 7, 13

5 Apr	6: 9, 10, 11, 19, 23
#8

22 Apr	15: 2, 3, 10, 12, 13, 16, 29

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