Description

Welcome to PHY256!

Full syllabus available at
https://piazza.com/class_profile/get_resource/lm7zovjbwo66om/lm84gop9299pt


The official (quercus) site is https://q.utoronto.ca/courses/314537/
I will rely more on Piazza (https://piazza.com/class/lm7zovjbwo66om) for announcements, class discussions, and the like, as I find Quercus a top-heavy and inflexible system poorly adapted to our needs – please sign up on the Piazza page immediately. I strongly encourage you to use it for posting questions and comments and discussing the course material throughout the term.
I will maintain a list of reading assignments and links to important course material (videos, problem sets, et cetera) at https://www.physics.utoronto.ca/~aephraim/256/PHY256- ListOfMaterials.html ; keep track in particular of the reading assignments at https:// www.physics.utoronto.ca/~aephraim/256/PHY256-Readings.html and pre-lecture videos at https:// www.physics.utoronto.ca/~aephraim/256/PHY256-Videos.html


First class (& organisational meeting):
Monday September 11th, 1:10pm (MP 102)
[First tutorials on Weds Sep 13 & Fri Sep 15]
Note that there are already two pre-lecture videos posted (more details follow below).


Textbook(s)
Required Text: Quantum Mechanics by David McIntyre
(https://www.uoftbookstore.com/adoption-search-results?ccid=32998&itemid=56906) [should also be available as an online resource]
Recommending supplementary texts:
Principles of Quantum Mechanics by R. Shankar Lectures on Physics vol. III by R.P. Feynman
(free at https://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/III_toc.html) QED: the strange theory of light and matter, R.P. Feynman
(Q is for Quantum by T. Rudolph)

Teaching staff
Professor: Aephraim M. Steinberg
Office: MP 1103
Office Hours: TBA
Email: steinberg at physics . . .
Teaching assistants:
Anjishnu Bose
Aleksandra Elias Chereque Derek Churchill
Matthew Gerry
Markers:
Joscelyn van der Veen +TBA


Lectures, pre-lecture videos, and tutorials:
Pre-lectures: videos will be posted, to be watched before class (https://www.physics.utoronto.ca/ ~aephraim/256/PHY256-Videos.html)

Lectures: MW 1:10-2:00 MP 102
Online synchronous section via Zoom:
[Meeting ID 890 8412 7896 ; Passcode mp125]

     Discussion sections :                     
TUT0101 = W15-16 UC 163* (Anjishnu)             TUT0102 = W15-16 EM108 (Matthew)
TUT0201 = W16-17 UC 163* (Anjishnu)   TUT0202 = W16-17 EM108 (Matthew)
TUT0301 = F13-14 RW142 (Aleksandra)   TUT0302 = F13-14 WI524 (Derek)
TUT0401 = F15-16 SS1086 (Aleksandra)         TUT0402 = F15-16 BL112(Derek)
* – except on W Oct 4, when both TUT0101 and TUT0201 will be in VC206

General Information

No information, yet. Stay tuned!

Announcements

Announcements are not public for this course.
Staff Office Hours
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Hala Larizza-Ali
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Lilian
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Joscelyn van der Veen
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Derek Churchill
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Aephraim M. Steinberg
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Matthew Gerry
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Aleksandra Elias Chereque
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Timothy Knight
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Anjishnu Bose
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Sukhman K S
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Jonathan Hucker
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Sergio de la Barrera
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