know any good physics problem resources? [Archive]

Mark Fisher

Nov22-04, 05:14 AM

Igor Khavkine

Nov22-04, 05:41 PM

<jabberwocky><div class="vbmenu_control"><a href="jabberwocky:;" onClick="newWindow=window.open('','usenetCode','toolbar=no, location=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,status=no ,width=650,height=400'); newWindow.document.write('<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Usenet ASCII</TITLE></HEAD><BODY topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 BGCOLOR=#F1F1F1><table border=0 width=625><td bgcolor=midnightblue><font color=#F1F1F1>This Usenet message\'s original ASCII form: </font></td></tr><tr><td width=449><br><br><font face=courier><UL><PRE>On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 11:14:17 +0000, Mark Fisher wrote:\n\n> I\'m trying to get in as much preparation for a physics competion in a\n> couple of weeks. The questions are supposed to be at a challenging\n> undergraduate level. I have the problems in Goldstein and Landau &\n> Lifshitz and a couple of PHd Qualifying Exam books. I\'ve done a bit of\n> googling myself, but I was wondering if anyone knew any good online\n> resources that might help.\n\nI don\'t know of any online repository of problems. I think your best bet\nis to go to the library and try to find translations (I don\'t know if and\nhow many of them exist) of some Russian books that are basically\ncollections of problems on various topics. Try to look for the following\nauthors (together with the word "problems" in the title):\n\nIrodov (general physics, quantum mechanics), Kotkin (classical mechanics),\nBatygin (E&M), Kozel (general physics), Murzov (general physics), Savel\'ev\n(general physics), Sivuhin (general physics), Flugge (quantum mechanics,\nnot Russian), Galitzki (quantumh mechanics), Gol\'dman (quantum mechanics), ...\n\nA good university library should have at least a couple of these. Also,\nyou might want to look at some Schaume\'s outlines, there\'s one for almost\nevery branch of undergraduate physics.\n\nBest of luck.\n\nIgor\n\n</UL></PRE></font></td></tr></table></BODY><HTML>');"> <IMG SRC=/images/buttons/ip.gif BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER ALT="View this Usenet post in original ASCII form">  View this Usenet post in original ASCII form </a></div><P></jabberwocky>On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 11:14:17 +0000, Mark Fisher wrote:

> I'm trying to get in as much preparation for a physics competion in a
> couple of weeks. The questions are supposed to be at a challenging
> undergraduate level. I have the problems in Goldstein and Landau &
> Lifshitz and a couple of PHd Qualifying Exam books. I've done a bit of
> googling myself, but I was wondering if anyone knew any good online
> resources that might help.

I don't know of any online repository of problems. I think your best bet
is to go to the library and try to find translations (I don't know if and
how many of them exist) of some Russian books that are basically
collections of problems on various topics. Try to look for the following
authors (together with the word "problems" in the title):

Irodov (general physics, quantum mechanics), Kotkin (classical mechanics),
Batygin (E&M), Kozel (general physics), Murzov (general physics), Savel'ev
(general physics), Sivuhin (general physics), Flugge (quantum mechanics,
not Russian), Galitzki (quantumh mechanics), Gol'dman (quantum mechanics), ...

A good university library should have at least a couple of these. Also,
you might want to look at some Schaume's outlines, there's one for almost
every branch of undergraduate physics.

Best of luck.

Igor