PY 411: MECHANICS
SYLLABUS FOR FALL '04
Date Chapters HW Topics
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W 8/17 1.1-2 introduction / remember F=ma?
F 8/19 1.1-3 1 vector calculus
M 8/22 1.4-5 conservation of momentum
W 8/24 1.6-7 coordinate dependencies
F 8/26 2.1-2 2 add resistive force
M 8/29 2.3-4 ballistic trajectory
W 8/31 2.5-7 Lorentz force
F 9/02 1,2 3 review for first test
M 9/05 --- no class --
W 9/07 *** first midterm ***
F 9/09 3.1
M 9/12 3.2
W 9/14 3.3
F 9/16 3.4-5 4
M 9/19 4.1
W 9/21 4.2-3 conservative forces
F 9/23 4.4-5 5
M 9/26 4.6-7
W 9/28 4.8
F 9/30
M 10/03 3,4 review for second test
W 10/05 *** second midterm ***
F 10/07 --- no class --
M 10/10 5.1-2 simple harmonic oscillator
W 10/12 5.3 sho in two dimensions
F 10/14 5.4 7 damped oscillators
M 10/17 5.5 driven damped oscillators
W 10/19 5.6 resonance
F 10/21 6.1-3 8 calculus of variations
M 10/24 7.1 Lagrange's equations
W 10/26 7.2 constrained systems
F 10/28 7.3 9 general systems
M 10/31 7.4 proof of Lagrange's equations
W 11/02 7.5 more examples
F 11/04 7.6 10 ignorable coordinates
M 11/07 7.7-8 conservation laws
W 11/09 7.10 forces of constraint
F 11/11 *** third midterm ***
M 11/14 8.1-2 central force problems
W 11/16 8.3 equation of motion
F 11/18 8.4 11 reduce eom to one dimension
M 11/21 8.5 orbit equation
W 11/23 --- no class --
F 11/25 --- no class --
M 11/28 8.6 Keplerian orbits
W 11/30 8.7 unbounded orbits
F 12/02 8.8 12 orbit transfer
M 12/12 FINAL EXAM @ 8am