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| The exam is prepared by a committee of Faculty which changes from year to year. There are no firm or set boundaries on what the scope of the questions is, and they are largely determined by those that comprise the committee on any given year. Just as a suggestion, you may want to make sure that you are familiar with the following material: | The exam is prepared by a committee of Faculty which changes from year to year. There are no firm or set boundaries on what the scope of the questions is, and they are largely determined by those that comprise the committee on any given year. Just as a suggestion, you may want to make sure that you are familiar with the following material: | ||
| - | * Classical Mechanics at an intermediate level, plus the special theory of relativity. Typical texts are Taylor, Marion, Symon, Becker, and Fowles. | + | * Classical Mechanics at an intermediate level, plus the special theory of relativity. Typical texts for classical mechanics |
| - | * Electricity and magnetism at the intermediate level, including boundary value problems. Typical texts are Griffiths, Wangsness, Purcell. | + | * Electricity and magnetism at the intermediate level. |
| - | * Statistical | + | * Thermodynamics and Statistical |
| - | * Quantum mechanics at the intermediate | + | * Quantum mechanics at the intermediate level. Typical texts would be Griffiths, |
| + | * Topics in modern physics such as covered in any introductory, undergraduate text of the same title. For example the book by Gasiorowicz, | ||
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