MDPH-602
From McGill University Physics Department Technical Services Wiki
Hi everyone, I thought we could take advantage of this setup to post some info on next terms courses. I should have time for some content generation after the break.
James
Wiki Intro
These pages are a great place to summarize topics from class. More importantly, they can be used to discuss and clarify things that are bugging you. Alot of learning can take place "horizontally" (from student to student), since a fellow student is more likely to grasp your difficulties than the prof.
This is your page, and it could make your life a lot easier if you make some contributions. Also, note that anything added is considered a contribution, even a one-line question. If you think you know something (even just a vague general idea), just post it, and we'll see how much we can get out of it.
HW Policy
Working together on homework is allowed as well, within reason. A reasonable discussion would be:
- I did problem 7, but I am not sure about the energy. I get
?!? - John
- I am having trouble with this one, how did you get the Fermi energy? - Jane
- I used
, solved for k and then plugged that into EF. - John
- I think there is something wrong with your units. Don't forget the problem is in Angstroms (
). - Jim
- Yeah that was it, thanks. - John
If the entirety of the problem was "What is the Fermi Energy of this thing?", this would not be reasonable. However, as a small part of a bigger problem, this kind of thing is fine.
Formulas
These pages use the LaTeX language for displaying formulas. If you forsee yourself writing any kind of document with formulas (even term papers, etc.), it's a useful language to know. Otherwise, you can do stuff like: int{from -inf to inf} e^{-x^2}, and someone else can fix it up for you.
For example: g(k)\,dk =\frac{V}{2\pi^2}\,k^2\,dk
becomes: 
.
For more, see the Wikipedia Math help page (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User's_Guide:_Editing_mathematical_formulae)
