Problem of the Week

Here I will be posting curious physics and math problems: one new each week. Some of them will be standard while others less standard, but none of the problems will require knowledge beyond typical undergraduate curriculum.

You are welcome to stop by my office (EPS 214) on Thursdays 4-5 pm to discuss them.

You may ask your instructor if your solutions can be used for extra credit.

Anton Vorontsov

Summer break

Archive with answers (and sometimes solutions)

Problem 28 (montana duck hunters)

Problem 27 (bug vortex)

Problem 26 (dent in capacitor)

Problem 25 (scattering on a wire)

Problem 24 (current on a sphere)

Problem 23 (coin and gaussian)

Problem 22 (rope and water)

Problem 21 (network of R’s)

Problem 20 (moment of a fractal)

Problem 19 (ants on a stick)

Problem 18 (small plate attraction)

Problem 17 (enough precision?)

Problem 16 (wormhole travel)

Problem 15 (iso-T equator)

Problem 14 (falling emptiness)

Problem 13 (semi-circle waveguide)

Problem 12 (Bubble up)

Problem 11 (Bug on rubber band)

Problem 10 (Double factorial)

Problem 9 (Gas and Spring)

Problem 8 (Puck curve)

Problem 7 (Fun in Trig)

Problem 6 (Semi-sphere Coulomb)

Problem 5 (Sharing a birthday)

Problem 4 (Clay Earth)

Problem 3 (Bead on a string)

Problem 2 (Rope around Earth)

Problem 1 (Bug climber)

Problem of the Week