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For the first part of the course, the HW problems will come from here.

HW and reading is to be done prior to class on the day listed.

Week Date	HW prob.	Reading/ Discussion Topic	Sol.	Week Date	HW prob.	Reading/ Discussion Topic	Sol.
01 Aug. 31		No class
Sept. 2	1	Read pgs. 9 to end of (Sutton) Chap 1, No class		Oct. 21	some basic GT	Ashcroft and Mermin Chapter 3 and Chapter 6
Sept. 4	4.,5,6,7,8	Read (Sutton) Chap. 2, No class		Oct. 23		No class (4CS meeting)
02 Sept. 7		Labor Day (No classes)		09 Oct. 26	25	Chapter 7: Bravais lattices and crystal structures
Sept. 9	9,10	Read first part of (Sutton) Chapter 3 (up to bond order discussion)		Oct. 28	26, 27	Chapter 8: Electrons in a periodic potential
Sept. 11	11,12	Finish reading (Sutton) Chapter 3		Oct. 30	28, 29, 30	Chapter 9: Electrons in a weak potential
03 Sept. 14	13,14,15	Read Chapter 5 (Sutton)		10 Nov. 2	31	Chapter 9: Electrons in a weak potential
Sept. 16	16,17,18	Read Chap. 6 (Sutton)		Nov. 4	32, 33	Chapter 10: Tightbinding
Sept. 18		Read Chap. 7 (Sutton)		Nov. 6		Chapter 11: Other methods for calculating band structure (read up thru Muffin-Tin methods)
04 Sept. 21				11 Nov. 9		Chapter 11: Other methods for calculating band structure (rest of chapter)
Sept. 23				Nov. 11		Chapter 12: Semiclassical model of electron dynamics (read up thru Static Electric Fields)
Sept. 25				Nov. 13		Chapter 12: (Read rest of chapter)
05 Sept. 28				12 Nov. 16		Chapter 13: Semiclassical theory of conduction
Sept. 30				Nov. 18		Chapter 13/14:
Oct. 2				Nov. 20		Chapter 15: Band structures of selected metals
06 Oct. 5				13 Nov. 23		Chapter 15: Band structures of selected metals
Oct. 7				Nov. 24 (Friday classes)
Oct. 9				Nov. 27		Thanksgiving (No classes)
07 Oct. 12				14 Nov. 30		Chapter 16
Oct. 14				Dec. 2		Chapter 17
Oct. 16		Chapter 10: Structure Maps		Dec. 4		Chapter 17
08 Oct. 19		Chapter 11		15 Dec. 7		One D hartree fock
Final Exam				Dec. 9		One D transport?