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Syllabus for Spring 2010

last update 24 March 2010
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Date

Reading

Topic

Homework

Mar 29
Mar 31
Apr 2

§1.1 - 1.7,
§2.1 - 2.3
§2.4

Newtonian Mechanics
Drag Forces
Drag Forces

HW1 due 4/7

Apr 5
Apr 7
Apr 9

§2.5 - 2.7
§3.1 - 3.3
§3.4 - 3.5

Velocity Dependent Forces
Conservation of Momentum
Rocket Motion

HW2 due 4/14

Apr 12
Apr 14
Apr 16

§4.1 - 4.7
§14.8
§14.1 - 14.7

Angular Momentum, Energy Cons.
Elastic Collisions
Cross-sections

HW3 due 4/21

Apr 19
Apr 21
Apr 23

§6.1 - 6.4
§7.1
§7.2 - 7.4

Calculus of Variations
Lagrange's Equations
Holonomic Constraints

HW4 due 4/28

Apr 26
Apr 28
Apr 30

§7.5 - 7.7

MIDTERM EXAM

Lagrangian Examples
Midterm Review
eqns

HW5 due 5/5

May 3
May 5
May 7

§7.4 - 7.5
§7.10
§7.8, 13.1

Undetermined Lagrange Multipliers
Lagrange Multipliers
Conserved Quantities

HW6 due 5/12

May 10
May 12
May 14

§13.2 - 13.5

§13.6 - 13.7

Hamilton's Equations
Spring Pendulum
Phase Space

HW7 due 5/19

May 17
May 19
May 21

§11.1 - 11.3
§11.4 - 11.5

Liouville's Theorem
Coupled Oscillations
Double Pendulum

HW8 due 5/26

May 24
May 26
May 28

§11.7
§11.6

Normal Mode Analysis
Normal Coordinates
Coupled Pendula

HW9 due 6/2

May 31
Jun 2
Jun 4

MEMORIAL DAY

NO CLASS
Coupled Oscillations: Applications
Review

Tuesday

June 8

FINAL EXAM 2:00 pm

eqns