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Problem Sets
REQUIRED FORMAT FOR PROBLEM SET SOLUTIONS
This semester we are insisting that 8.01L students use a specific format in presenting their problem set solutions. We ask that at most one problem be presented on a page, and that the page be folded lengthwise, roughly 60/40 -- with about 3 inches on the right.
Use the left hand side for your figures and mathematics. Use the right hand side to explain and COMMENT upon the figures and mathematics.
The kinds of things to be included on the right hand side would include the goal of the problem, definitions (in words) of your symbols, explanations of the equations you invoke, checks on the units of your answer, and checks on limiting and interesting cases, and occasionally, comments such as "how do I eliminate T?" or "why doesn't my answer depend upon g?"
This is mostly just a matter of organizing what you would be doing anyway, but it encourages you to take a step back from what you've done, take a critical, perhaps even skeptical look, and see if it all hangs together.
20% of the grade on each problem will depend upon this "commentary."
You will notice that on the example there is a notation in words on one of the equations. We're happy to exercise some flexibility in the interest of clarity!
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Problem Sets should be turned in at the Physics homework drop boxes located at the junction of buldings 8 (3rd floor) and 16 (4th floor)
PROBLEM SET EXAMPLE
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