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PHYSICS<br />
Ph. 130. HYDRODYN AlIIlCS. 30 units; first term.<br />
Prerequisites: Ma. IH.<br />
Mathematical theories <strong>of</strong> sustenance and resistance. Waves and<br />
tides. Vortex motion and turbulence. Motion <strong>of</strong> a viscous fluid. Rotating<br />
masses <strong>of</strong> fluid.<br />
(1\ ot given in 1929-1930.)<br />
Text: Lamb, Hydrodynamics.<br />
Instructor: Bateman.<br />
Ph. 131. THEORY OF ELASTICITY. 30 units; first term.<br />
Stresses in beams, bars, struts, springs, plates, tubes, and shells from<br />
the standpoint <strong>of</strong> the mathematical theory <strong>of</strong> elasticity. Theories <strong>of</strong><br />
plasticity and failure. Strength <strong>of</strong> crystals. Waves in elastic solids.<br />
Earthquake waves.<br />
(Not given in 1929-1930.)<br />
Texts: Love, ::VIathematical Thpol'Y <strong>of</strong> Elasticity; .J eff"ry, The Earth;<br />
J. Prescott, Applied Elasticity.<br />
Instructor: Bateman.<br />
Ph. 139. AEROLOGY AND METEOROLOGY. 15 units; one term.<br />
Variation with altitude <strong>of</strong> pressure, wind velocity, temperature, and<br />
humidity. General circulation <strong>of</strong> the atmosphere. Prevailing winds.<br />
World's air routes. Studies relating to clouds, fogs, thunderstorms,<br />
evaporation, and atmospheric eddies. Atmospheric electricity, visibility.<br />
(Not given in 1929-1930.)<br />
Text: Shaw, Forecasting Weather; Gregg, Aeronautical Meteorology;<br />
Humphreys, Physics <strong>of</strong> the Air.<br />
Instructor: Bateman.<br />
Ph. 134 a, b. QUANTUl\f THEORY. 9 units (3-0-6): second and third<br />
terms.<br />
Prerequisites: Ph. 12 a, b, c, 15 a, b, C; Ma. 8 a, b, c, 10 a, b, c.<br />
This course is designed as an introduction to the quantum mechanics;<br />
and it will follow fairiy closely the historical development <strong>of</strong> the theory.<br />
The following subj ects will be treated in detail; the quantization <strong>of</strong> the<br />
electromagnetic field; the photoelectric effect and the Compton effect;<br />
stationary states and the quantization <strong>of</strong> the first integrals <strong>of</strong> dynamical<br />
systems; the Bohr theory <strong>of</strong> hydrogen-like atoms; the clectron spin and<br />
the exclusion principle; the correspondence principlc; radiation and dispersion;<br />
the transition to matrix mechanics; the transformation theory;<br />
the wave equation and the undulatory properties <strong>of</strong> matter; the uncertainty<br />
principle; applications <strong>of</strong> the quantum mechanics.<br />
Instructor: Oppenheimer.