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The average score on the final was 56.5 and the standard deviation was 15.
The high score was 91.
It was a more difficult exam than I intended and the grading will reflect that.
Here is your
final exam
and
its solutions.
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2014.03.23 |
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Here is the first page
(and the beginning of the second) of your final exam.
Please take a look at it and let me know if any of the information there is confusing or (gasp) wrong.
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2014.03.16 |
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Here is a list of questions
you should make sure you can answer for the final exam.
I have posted a practice final exam and its solutions on the
homeworks page.
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2014.03.06 |
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I am feeling guilty about the technical complications in today's lecture.
Two consolations: 1. I've made an addition to the lecture notes (section 2.3.1)
which I think will clarify the physics when we discuss it on Thursday.
2. This addition was provoked by questions from Eric Michelsen,
who has some very useful materials on
his webpage,
including slides from a less techical discussion of decoherence,
here.
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2014.02.25 |
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Here is your
midterm exam
and
its solutions.
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2014.02.13 |
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I will have some extra office hours today from 6-7.
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2014.02.12 |
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Here is
the front page of your exam, with a few useful formulae.
Here is the link to the Coleman video.
Lecture returns to MH5301 this week.
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2014.02.10 |
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By popular request, our midterm exam will take place on
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2014.
I have posted a practice exam and its solutions on the
homeworks page. Please resist the temptation
to look at the solutions until you have tried to do the exam
under simulated exam conditions.
Note that this was a 50-minute exam; yours will be a little longer.
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2014.02.04 |
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Please note the important change in the last problem of HW 1:
I had unwittingly assumed that B had a non-degenerate spectrum
(thanks to Brett Brandom for pointing this out).
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2014.01.15 |
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The matrix in problem 3 of HW 1 has been corrected (thanks to Eric Weise).
The problems worked in discussion section (and their solutions) will be posted
on the homeworks page.
According to the current UCSD course schedule, discussion section is 50 minutes long (2-2:50pm). I apologize for confusion I created on this point.
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2014.01.13 |
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Please note that the location of the lectures has moved
to a (more spacious and pleasant) room, Mayer Hall 5301.
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2014.01.06 |
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Welcome to Physics 130C! Please look at the administrative information
posted on the lecture notes and handouts page.
Some highlights are listed below.
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2013.12.11 |
Text: My lecture notes.
Quantum Physics by Michel Le Bellac.
Other possibly useful texts, which have been placed on reserve at S&E Library, include:
Principles of Quantum Mechanics by R. Shankar
Quantum processes, systems, and information by B. Schumacher and D. Westmoreland
Lecture Notes on Quantum Information and Quantum Computing by J. Preskill
Quantum Computing, A Gentle Introduction by E. Rieffel and W. Polak
Quantum Mechanics by Landau and Lifshitz
Lectures on Quantum Mechanics by G. Baym
Lectures on Quantum Mechanics by S. Weinberg
Consistent Quantum Theory by R. B. Griffiths
Also recommended:
Quantum
computing since Democritus by S. Aaronson
Course Times:
Lecture: TTh 11:00-12:20,
in Mayer Hall 5301. (NOTE LOCATION CHANGE.)
Discussion: Tuesdays 2:00-3:20pm in Mayer Hall room 5301.
Homework:
Around 7 problem sets, with about a week to do each. Due in class (or dropped off earlier). Late HW will not be accepted.
Midterm Exam: Will be
Tuesday, February 11, during the lecture time. Bring bluebooks.
Final: Yes. No late or early
finals. (Our final is scheduled for Thursday, March 20, 11:30-2:29, location TBA.)
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