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.