Homework 2

There are three projects for this week:

• Reconstructing a 2D Structure From X-ray Data . This requires a knowledge of fourier transforms and complex variables. A python/SciPy script needs to be written but it is less than 16 lines long. There are a number of biological questions.
• Tomography Project. This requires a knowledge of fourier transforms and modification of code. However the algorithm is quite a big more complicated, and there are complications involved with centering the image that require the use of the shift theorem for fourier transforms.
• Analytic problems involving diffraction. The level of math is quite a bit more than the previous problems and should only be attempted by students who are very keen on theory.
• NMR. This is a two week project.

Each team of three will work on one of the above projects.

The NMR project is less directed than the other three, and is more difficult. You will upload a progress report at the end of the first week, and a final report after two weeks. To keep up with the material in the class, you will still need to answer some problems from homework 3, but not as many, because you will be quite busy studying NMR. It bears repeating that this is a more challenging than the other projects.

You might find this code Links to an external site.used in lecture, useful.

See these notes on how to turn in assignments.