Waves (AP20008)

Website: http://apricot.ap.polyu.edu.hk/waves (for access outside our Lab, use login: ep password: ep)

Learning Outcomes

Lecturer: Dr. C.H. Lam (Office: BC615)

Tutors (for grading): Ms. YOU Huilin (Office: BC520, email: you_huilin@yahoo.com)

Textbooks:

College Physics, P.P. Urone, R. Hinrichs, K, Kirks and M. Sharma (2012) (Free textbook)
Vibrations and waves, G.C. King, Wiley (2009)
Fundamentals of Physics, D. Halliday, R. Resnick and J. Walker, John Wiley & Sons

References:

Optics, E. Hecht 4th Ed., Addison Weskey, 2001
Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences, 3rd Ed., M.L. Boas, John Wiley & Sons, 2005.

Assessment: assignments and tests (40%), examination (60%)

Lecture Notes to be written during lectures

Lecture Notes from 2019 (These brief notes are not supposed to be for self-study. We will go through them together during lectures. For self-study, I recommend reading the textbooks and references.)

Assignments and Solutions

Useful information and tools:

trigonometric identities