Notes

Over the years I’ve written up notes for some of the physics courses that I’ve taken, and so I’m posting them all here, in an effort to put them all in one place. While the total number of courses I’ve taken notes for is much larger than shown below, these are the notes that I would consider helpful to someone taking a similar course, while others are disorganized, stop halfway (or earlier) in a course, or suffer from other flaws that I haven’t bothered fixing. Also note that many of these courses are taught differently semester to semester, so they may be structured differently.

CourseTopicSemesterProfessorLink
PHYS611ElectrodynamicsSpring 2025Sasha Phillipovphys611.pdf
PHYS610Complex Analysis, Classical Mechanics, ElectrostaticsFall 2024Zackaria Chackophys610.pdf
PHYS613Symmetry, Approximation Methods, ScatteringSpring 2024Xiangdong Jiphys613.pdf
PHYS612Quantum Mechanics, Statistical MechanicsFall 2023Tom Cohenphys612.pdf
PHYS431Solid State PhysicsSpring 2023Ichiro Takeuchiphys431.pdf
PHYS411Electricity and MagnetismFall 2022Xiangdong Jiphys411.pdf
PHYS410Classical MechanicsFall 2022Peter Shawhanphys410.pdf
PHYS402Quantum Mechanics 2Spring 2022Chris Lobbphys402.pdf
PHYS457Quantum ComputingSpring 2022Xiaodi Wuphys457.pdf
PHYS401Quantum Mechanics 1Fall 2021Steve Rolstonphys401.pdf
PHYS404Statistical MechanicsFall 2021Chris Lobbphys404.pdf
PHYS371Modern PhysicsSpring 2021Manuel Franco-Sevillaphys371.pdf
PHYS373Math Methods for Physics 2Spring 2021Evan Berkowitzphys373.pdf
PHYS273WavesFall 2020Hassan Jawaheryphys273.pdf

Please note that there may be some (severe) typos, so if in doubt about a formula or equation, please reference a textbook. If you do find a typo, please send me an email at hekumar@umd.edu, and I’ll fix it as soon as possible.

If you’re interested in how I take notes, here’s a writeup of my current \(\LaTeX\) setup.