1 PHY 3903 version 2005 Jean-Francois Mercier [email protected] wa.ca 613-562-5800 x6773 MCD 225 9.sept.2 005 Béla Joós [email protected] 613-562-5800 x6755 MCD 131
Mar 30, 2015
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PHY 3903 version 2005
Jean-Francois [email protected]
613-562-5800 x6773
MCD 225
9.sept.2005
Béla Joó[email protected] 613-562-5800 x6755MCD 131
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Course Description Questions contemporaines en physique 2 cr.
Discussions d'un choix de sujets et de méthodes en physique contemporaine avec présentations orale et écrite par les étudiants. Introduction à Maple ou Mathematica. Préalable : 12 crédits en physique au niveau 2000.
Contemporary Issues in Physics 2 cr. Discussions on contemporary topics and methods in physics, including oral and written presentations. An introduction to Maple or Mathematica.
Prerequisite: 12 credits in physics at the 2000-level.
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Description Maple
– An analytic computation system. Project (Review of any subject in physics)
– Written (4 pages PRL format)– Oral presentation
Physics as a profession– Etudes graduées (bourses, conseils …)– Physics resources
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Evaluation No EXAM!
Implacable pour le plagiat!
Maple = 50%– 5 weeks– 5 assignments
– Assignments = 50%
Project 40 %– your topic = 5%– PRL format = 20%– seminar = 15%
Physics as a profession 10%– www, main journal, … – Grad. studies– Scholarship
• Application = 10 %
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Schedule Vendredi/Friday 14:30-16:30/16:45
CUBE 202 (Maple) + MCD 120 (?)
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Maple – Divers – Student Presentations – No class
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Schedule II
Date Class Deadline
9 Sept Intro
16 Sept Maple 1
23 Sept Others Subject
30 Sept. Maple 2 Dev 1
7 Oct. Maple 3 Dev 2
14 octobre Maple 4 Dev 3
21 octobre No class
28 octobre Maple 5 Dev 4
Date Class Deadline
4 Nov. Autres Dev 5
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18 Nov. Student Present.
25 Nov. Student Present.
2 Dec. Student
Present.
4 Dec. Scholarship
Application
CBE 202
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Project (review of a physics topic)
Topic– Anything in physics– Should be exciting– Need to be precise– Unique (1st come 1st serve)– Needs my approval
before September 23 (5%)
– Peut être interdisciplinaire
– May be helpful to plan for M.Sc..
Seminar:– 10 min + 2 min Q
transparencies orPowerPoint
– Seminars to take place in the last 3 weeks of semester
– Département invité
Texte de 4 pages format PRL (dû la même journée que le séminaire)
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Physical Review Letters (PRL)
The #1 physics journal in the world
All articles have 4 pages (or less)
Only for the latest, major discoveries
Less than 25% of the manuscripts are accepted for publication
American Physical Society:
www.aps.org/
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PRL http://prl.aps.org/
from a UofO computer
Print a few examples and/or their instructions
You must present a text with EXACTLY that format
Vous pouvez LaTex (REVtex), Word, etc.
4 pages max Une copie
électronique pour mon site w3
Français ou anglais, but well-written
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Notes:
- Figures/tables
- Captions
- Acknowledgments
- References & notes [1-…]
- Reference style
- SI units
- Please, note the existence of paragraphs, as well as .,;:
- Spell check
Notes:
- title
- names & addresses
- received
- abstract
- PACS
- text [no divisions] does include introduction, methods, results, conclusion
- 2 columns
- head/foot
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PLAN: Physics as a profession
1. M. Sc. & Ph. D. 2. Industry 3. Physics Publications 3. Séminaires 4. Latex 5. www 6. …
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Maple Computer lab classes Get a account!!! Lecture notes on a web
site (http://137.122.151.31/PHY3903/)
Assignments due on assignment day, on diskette
Implacable pour le plagiat!
Livre: Heck (optional)
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Maple Command the brilliance of a thousand
mathematicians … (so they say!) Harnessing the Power of Mathematics …
(so they say!) Very powerful Mathematical tool
– Algebraic calculations, Integrals, Calculus, … Visualization tools
– Make easily pretty graphs (2D, 3D) Fully programmable (Maplet)
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PLAN: Maple 9 Getting started (Chapters 1-4)) Polynomials (Chapters 5-7, 14) Functions (Chapter 8) Calculus (Chapters 9-11, 17) List, set, array (Chapter 12 ) Linear Algebra (Chapters 18, 19) Solving equations (Chapter 16) Graphics (Chapter 15)
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Maple Ressources MAPLE HELP!
– New users (Quick and Full tour)– Example worksheets– Basic how to …
Course Manual (Andre Heck) - optional– Agora (~62$)
On the website:– User Manual: (maple_user_manual.pdf)– Learning Guide (maple_getting_started_guide.pdf)– Maple demo (MapleEssentials.zip)– Intro to Maple for Physics students (Physics.zip)
Maple web site: http://www.maplesoft.com– http://www.maplesoft.com/applications/app_center_browse.aspx?SCID=92&CID=2
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Maple is a software. The only way to learn it is to USE IT!!!
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Buying Maple
www.maplesoft.com
Promotion code: AP4941C
CAN $80.00 for students