Physics 341- Spring 2005
Physics of Music
The Course structure and content
Math Quiz-- this was the math quiz I gave in the first lecture to
give me a feeling about the mathematical level of the class, together
with the solutions.
Note: I send emails to the class via Bcc (blind carbon copy) so
that everyone is not given everyone else's email addresses.
Unfortunately some service providers see this as an indication that this
is spam and dumps the mail into a junk, or spam, or other labeled
folder. I do not know how to get around this as I do not want to give
everyone everyone else's email, I do not want to enter all 50 separate
email addresses as separate emails, but I want people to get them.
Please remember to look into your junk/spam/... folder as well.
If you have any suggestion, pls let me know.
Notes-- various reading throughout the year.
These are last
year's notes at present and may be revised as
we approach the lectures on these topics
Assignments and Solutions
The assignements and solutions are included in pdf form.They can be viewed
with Acroread Acrobat Reader or if you run Linux, with gv. There have been
problems with Internet Explorer mangling the files and randomly giving the
"Does not start with %PDF-" error message. I have changed the pdf creator.
All indications are that the problem is something within windows which
beheads these files.
If downloading these files give the above errors, try:
- Install Mozilla. This will also short circuit the various security
holes in Internet Explorer. However there has been at least one report that
this can still result in beheading.
- left click on the menu bar Tools->Internet Options. On that small page
click the button "Delete Files" ( which will remove the stored files it has
stuck onto your computer, and will always show those instead of retrying
from the web site.) Then try the link again.
The problem is not consistant. A file which displays fine one day, will
have trouble the next.
- Right click the link and choose save target to disk. This may also not work. It seems
IE can truncate random amounts of the beginning of the pdf file
- Pick up the printed version from the rack outside my office.
5B
Assignments
Solutions
Readings (Whole Year 2003 )
These are suggested chapters in the texts for material which I covered
last year which may throw light on
my lectures. Note that you are responsible for the lecture content,
but these chapeters may help. They at times cover more than I did.
Rossing et al-- 3rd Edition
Chapters.section(s)
1,
2,
3.1-5, 3.10-11,
4.1-5,4.7,4.9,
5.1-3,5.5,5.6,5.7,
6.1-3,
7.1-2, 7.8-10,
8.1-4, 8.10-12,
9,
10.1-7,10.9,
11.1-3,11.5,11.9,11.13
12.1,12.3-11,
13.1-3,13.7,
15.1-3,15.5
17.1,17.3
19.1-3,19.5,19.6,19.8
20.1,
23.1-4,13.7,
30.1-3,
31.1-3,
32.3
Benade
1.1,
2.2,
3.1-4,
4.2,4.5,4.7,4.8,
5.4-8,
6,
7,
8.1-3,8.5
9.4,
10.1,10.3,10.6,
11.1-4,11.6,11.9,
12.2,12.3(p213-215)
, 13.1-3,
14.1,14.3,14.4
15.1,15.3,15.4,
16.1, 16.2(partial),16.4,16.7,
19.2,19.2(however his explanation of the voice negative resistance is suspect),19.3-5
20.1,20.1,20.5,20.6,20.8 (esp last part of transmission function
which is what I called efficiency)
21.1(first half), 21.2,,21.4 explaines one of the homework problems
22.3(first three pages),22.4,22.6(first half), 22.7 is another homework problem
23.1,23.2,23.4
24.1,24.2(parts),
26.4