PHY 562: Biophysics
Spring 2009
Lectures Mondays and Wednesdays, 1:30 –
2:50 PM in 303 Jadwin Hall
[First lecture, Mon 2 Feb 2009]
Evening problem sessions, Thursdays 6:30 –
8:00 PM in 280 Carl Icahn Laboratory
[First session, Thu 12 Feb 2009]
As a general matter, doing problems is good
practice. Also, I appreciate any
feedback on the formulation of the problems. Some, as noted, are open ended, so I am also curious about
what you find as you explore. All of
these sentiments are meant to encourage you to do all the problems, but itÕs
not realistic to ask that you do this and keep to a reasonable schedule of
other activities. So, each week
IÕll try to pick out some subset of problems that I hope is well matched to the
available time. Please let me know
how IÕm doing with this É .
Weekly assignments
Problem set 1 (due Mon 16 Feb 2009): Please do problems 1, 3, 4, 6, 10, and
11, all of which are found in Section 1.1 of the lecture notes.
Problem set 2 (due Tue 24 Feb 2009):
Please do problems 12, 13, 15, and 16, from Sections 1.2 and 1.3 (Part
One) of the lecture notes.
Problem set 3 (due Tue 3 Mar 2009):
Please do problems 18, 19, and 20 from Section 1.3 (Parts One & Two)
of the lecture notes.
Problem set 4 (due Tue 10 Mar 2009): Please do problems 17, 24 and 26 in
Chapter One, plus problems 49 and 52 in Appendix B. For problem 26, the data you need can be found here; you should download the file without opening
it and read it MATLAB.
Problem set 5 (due Tue 31 Mar 2009 – not
April 1): Please do problems 27
through 31, found in Section 2.1 of the lecture notes.
Probem set 6 (due Tue 14 April 2009): Please do
problems 32, 34, 35, and 36, found in Section 2.2 of the lecture notes. For problem 34, the data you need can
be found here; you should download the file without
opening it and read it MATLAB.
Probem set 7 (due Tue 21 April 2009): Please do
problems 37 and 38, found in Section 2.3 of the lecture notes.
Problem set 8 (due Tue 28 April 2009): Please do problems 41, 42, 44 and 45,
found in Sections 4.1 and 4.2 of the lecture notes.
Problem set 9 (due Tue 12 May 2009): Please do problems 48, 50, 52, 55 and
56, found in Sections 4.3, 4.4 and 4.6 of the lecture notes.