by Dr. Quirino Sugon Jr. Physics Department, Ateneo de Manila University J.D. Jackson, Classical Electrodynamics, 2nd ed. (John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1965), pp. 27-33. At the start of a 3 hour Saturday class, the students will be quizzed regarding their basic understanding of the assigned text. The quiz will be 15 minutes long and [...]
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23 Jul
Physics as a foreign language: mathematical symbols and subscripts
Symbols Many quantities in physics are described by one-character symbols. In grammar, these quantities are nouns. Position along the horizontal or horizontal position Position along the vertical or vertical position Time Velocity Acceleration Amplitude Polar Angle (Greek theta) Angular velocity (Greek omega) Angular acceleration (Greek alpha) Phase (Greek phi) Period (Greek tau) Change or Difference [...]
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