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This wiki strives to accumulate, organize and permanently present information relevant for UCLA's core graduate exams and teaching.
Contents |
Teaching
1A Discussion | |
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Week 1 | Solutions |
Week 2 | Solutions |
Week 3 | Solutions |
Week 4 | Solutions |
Week 5 | Solutions |
Week 6 | Solutions |
Week 7 | Solutions |
Week 9 | Solutions |
Week 10 | Solutions |
Final Review | Solutions |
Course Notes
The following wiki pages are notes based on the four core courses
- Phy221AB - Quantum Mechanics
- Phy220 - Classical Mechanics
- Phy210AB - Electromagnetism
- Phy215A - Statistical Mechanics
Other Useful Resources
Academic Year | List of instructors that taught the core courses | |||
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Phy220 Classical Mechanics |
Phy221AB Quantum Mechanics |
Phy210AB Electromagnetism |
Phy215A Statistical Mechanics | |
2015/16 | Eric D'Hoker | Yaroslav Tserkovnyak | Troy A. Carter | Giovanni Zocchi |
2014/15 | ??? | |||
2013/14 | Seth Putterman | Michael Gutperle | Jianwei (John) Miao | Eric D'Hoker |
2012/13 | ??? | |||
2011/12 | Eric D'Hoker | Roberto Peccei & Alex Kusenko | ||
2010/11 | ??? | ??? | ??? | |
2009/10 | ??? | ??? | ??? |
Comprehensive Exams
General Resources
- Here is some General Advice from Tom Neiser, a senior grad student.
- Here is a Formula Sheet for training your mind while on the bus or at the gym.
UCLA Resources
- Previous Midterm, Final Exams & Solutions
- Past-year UCLA Comp Problems categorized by topic:
- Past-year UCLA Comp Problem Solution Database
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= Solution attempted |
- Here is a link to a folder containing two pdfs that are too large for this wiki: One with all UCLA comps (without solutions) and one with all solutions for Fall 2009 until Fall 2014. The folder is visible to anyone at Google Apps for UCLA with the link (click "switching accounts" and then "sign in to another account" with your g.ucla.edu email). If one gets distracted by computers, one could print the more recent half and work with that.
Other Resources
- Problem catalogues and books from other universities (e.g. Princeton, Chicago, MIT) (Amazon.com)
- UCSD Physics PhD Qualifying Exams and Solutions
- UC Davis Preliminary Exam Study Group
- Princeton (school website)
- Princeton Preliminary Exam Wiki
2016 Practice exams (from Chicago, Princeton, Lim, UCLA) | |
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CM & QM | Solutions |
StM & EM | Solutions |
CM & QM | Solutions |
Study Groups
These are self-organized study groups on Facebook which are preparing for the Comprehensive Exam.
ReadMe
To contribute comp solutions, you can scan your answer using the free CamScanner App[8], email it to yourself as .pdf and then upload it using the "Upload file" link in the left panel of the wiki.
References
- ↑ CCLE
- ↑ Andrew Forrester's Site, retrieved August 2012
- ↑ Biritz's Site
- ↑ DFCD, retrieved August 2012
- ↑ Note that this table trains the keen graduate student for a seamless transition to the more notorious unsolved problems in physics, i.e. every graduate student's last homework set.
- ↑ Compare Princeton Q3.2
- ↑ EM Lim #1070
- ↑ CamScanner App in iTunes