Qualifier Reading list and study guide
provided by the Dept. can be found here.
- Electricity and
Magnetism: For E&M I basically, read
through Griffiths Chapters 2 -9 and solved the problems
under each section. I skipped the problems at the end of
the chapters. For Special Relativity and Radiation I did
Jackson. Also, the begining few chapters from Jackson
might be useful for Legendre Polynomials. I think it
would be safe to skip problems involving Spherical
Harmonics and Bessel functions for qualifiers. I also
solved the old qualifier problems. The solutions of old
qualifiers are included here. Note that there
might be some mistakes.
Spring 2011
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Additional
Problems from Radiation
- Quantum Mechanics:
For QM I went through my notes and worked through the
problems I had for my homework. Then I started solving
old qualifiers problems. Some of the solutions are
included here. Note again, there might be some
mistakes.
Fall 2010
Spring 2010
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- Classical &
Statistical Mechanics: For this qualifier I
hardly had enough time. So I just worked through the
qualifier problems and read through the concepts I had
problem with. If you have time I suggest to go through
Marion-Thorton and Schroeder. Again Note, there might be
some mistakes in the solutions.
Fall 2011
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