HomeWork 8       

Physics 131, Fall 2012
Profs. W. Losert & E. F. Redish

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Homework Assignment 8
(Due Friday, 11/2/12)

1. Part to be done on paper and handed in at the beginning of lecture on the due date:

Two long problems  They should be prepared carefully and neatly on paper (preferably on a computer and printed out). Preparing this should be like writing up a report. It will be graded in part on the quality of your presentation.

Please be certain to put your name is on every page and do NOT CONNECT THE PAGES with staples, clips, tape, or dogears. Connecting them may result in you homework being damaged or destroyed.

  1. Estimating with air 1 (4 pts)
  2. Cell polarization and activation (4 pts)

2. Part to be done in the MP environment: due at the beginning of lecture on Friday:

Three problems from our collection this week.  You only get one attempt at them. You should work them out fully before attempting to enter them. (They are given in the list below for your convenience.)

1. Diffusion in time and space (3 pts)
2. Diffusion and slime molds (3 pts)
3. Diffusion and viscosity (3 pts)

This page prepared by

Edward F. Redish
and Wolfgang Losert
Department of Physics
University of Maryland
redish@physics.umd.edu
wlosert@umd.edu

Last revision 28. October, 2012.