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Week Date Prelecture Reading Checkpoint Lectures Homework Discussion Textbook
1
Monday
1/16/2023
 NO CLASS - MLK Jr. Day
Tuesday
1/17/2023
 Checkpoint 1 Lecture 1: Newton's Laws pptx     Taylor
Ch. 1
Thursday
1/19/2023
 1-D Particle Dynamics
(pp. 1-8, up to Eq. 70)		 Checkpoint 2 Lecture 2: 1-D Particle Dynamics pptx

 

   Taylor
Ch. 1
2
Monday
1/23/2023
         Discussion 1
Solution		  
Tuesday
1/24/2023
 SHM and Velocity-Dependent Forces
(pp. 1-6)		 Checkpoint 3 Lecture 3: Simple Harmonic Motion pptx     Taylor
2.1 - 2.4; 5.1-5.2
Thursday
1/26/2023
 2-D Particle Dynamics, Polar Coordinates
(pp. 1-8, up to Eq. 59)		 Checkpoint 4 Lecture 4: Velocity-Dependent Forces and 2-D Particle Dynamics pptx

HW 1 due
Solution

   Taylor
2.5 - 2.7
3
Monday
1/30/2023
         Discussion 2
Solution		  
Tuesday
1/31/2023
 1-D Rocket Motion
(pp. 1 - 3 only)		 Checkpoint 5 Lecture 5: Polar Coordinates and 1-D Rocket Motion pptx     Taylor
3.1 - 3.2
Thursday
2/2/2023

Conservative Forces
(pp. 4 - 10 only)

 Checkpoint 6 Lecture 6: Conservative Forces and Vector Calculus Review pptx

HW 2 due
Solution

  Taylor
4.1 - 4.4
4
Monday
2/6/2023
         Discussion 3 
Solution		  
Tuesday
2/7/2023
 Central forces, Angular Momentum Conservation (pp. 1 - 3 only) Checkpoint 7 Lecture 7: Central Forces and Angular Momentum Conservation pptx     Taylor
4.8, 3.4
Thursday
2/9/2023
 Gravitation
(pp. 1 - 5 only)		 Checkpoint 8 Lecture 8: Gravitation pptx

HW 3 due
Solution

    
5
Monday
2/13/2023
         Discussion 4 
Solution		  
Tuesday
2/14/2023
 Orbits
(pp. 1 - 4)		 Checkpoint 9 Lecture 9: Orbits pptx     Taylor
Ch. 8
Thursday
2/16/2023
 More orbits
(pp. 1 - 10, some of the reading is review) 		Checkpoint 10 Lecture 10: More Orbits + multibody systems pptx

HW 4 due
Solution

   Taylor
Ch. 8
6
Monday
2/20/2023
      

Discussion 5: Midterm 1 practice
Practice 1A (skip Q4) (Solutions)
Practice 1B (skip Q6) (Solutions)
Tuesday
2/21/2023
 Kepler's Laws
(pp. 11 - 14)
Checkpoint 11 Lecture 11: Kepler's Laws pptx     Taylor
Ch. 8
Thursday
2/23/2023
     Midterm Exam 1
Problems Solutions		      
7
Monday
2/27/2023
         Discussion 6
Solution		  
Tuesday
2/28/2023
 Simple harmonic oscillators
(pp. 1 - 5) 		Checkpoint 12 Lecture 12: Simple Harmonic Oscillators pptx     Taylor
Ch. 5
Thursday
3/2/2023
 Damped oscillators
(pp. 4 - 9) 		Checkpoint 13 Lecture 13: Damped Oscillators pptx

HW 5 due
Solution

   Taylor
Ch. 5
8
Monday
3/6/2023
        

Discussion 7
solutions

  
Tuesday
3/7/2023
 Forced vibrations (pp. 1 - 5) Checkpoint 14 Lecture 14: Forced Vibrations pptx     Taylor
Ch. 5
Thursday
3/9/2023
 • Review: Forced vibrations (pp. 6 - 9)
• Periodic Forcing + Fourier Series (p.1, then pp. 8 - 12)		 Checkpoint 15 Lecture 15: Resonance and Fourier Series pptx

HW 6 due
Solution

   Taylor
Ch. 5
9 3/12/2022 NO CLASS - Spring break
10
Monday
3/20/2023
         Discussion 8
Solution		  
Tuesday
3/21/2023
 •Review: Periodic Forcing + Fourier Series (p.1 - 8)
•Resonance + Dirac Delta (pp.1 - 3 and 6 - 7)		 Checkpoint 16 Lecture 16: Periodic Driving pptx     Taylor
Ch. 5
Thursday
3/23/2023
 Green's Functions, Impulse Response (pp. 1 - 3) Checkpoint 17 Lecture 17: Green's Functions and Impulse Response pptx

HW 7 due
Solution

   Taylor
Ch. 5
11
Monday
3/27/2023
         Discussion 9
Solution		  
Tuesday
3/28/2023
 Non-inertial reference frames (pp. 1-5) Checkpoint 18 Lecture 18: Non-inertial reference frames pptx     Taylor
Ch. 9
Thursday
3/30/2023
 Checkpoint 19 Lecture 19: Dynamics in non-inertial reference frames pptx

HW 8 due
Solution

   Taylor
Ch. 9
12
Monday
4/3/2023
         Discussion 10
Solution		  
Tuesday
4/4/2023
 Coriolis forces (pp. 1-4 only) Checkpoint 20 Lecture 20: Coriolis forces pptx     Taylor
Ch. 9
Thursday
4/6/2023
 Calculus of variations Checkpoint 21 Lecture 21: Calculus of variations pptx HW 9 due
Solution		   Taylor
Ch. 6
13
Monday
4/10/2023
      

Discussion 11: Midterm 2 practice
Practice 2A (starts on Q3) (Solutions)
Practice 1A (only Q4) (Solutions)
Sample equation sheet

Tuesday
4/11/2023

The Brachistochrone
(pp. 1 - 3)

 Checkpoint 22 Lecture 22: More calculus of variations pptx     Taylor
Ch. 6
Thursday
4/13/2023
    

Midterm Exam 2
(question prompts)(problems)(solutions)
makeup - (question prompts)(problems)(solutions)

     
14
Monday
4/17/2023
         Discussion 12
Solution		  
Tuesday
4/18/2023
 Lagrange multipliers
(pp. 4 - 7)		 Checkpoint 23 Lecture 23: Lagrangian Mechanics I pptx

 

   Taylor
Ch. 7
Thursday
4/20/2023
 Lagrangian mechanics II
(all pages)		 Checkpoint 24 Lecture 24: Lagrangian Mechanics II pptx HW 10 due
Solution		   Taylor
Ch. 7
15
Monday
4/24/2023
         Discussion 13
Solution		  
Tuesday
4/25/2023
 Lagrangian mechanics III
(pp. 3-9)		 Checkpoint 25 Lecture 25: Lagrangian Mechanics III pptx     Taylor
Ch. 7
Thursday
4/27/2023
 No Reading No Checkpoint Lecture 26: Lagrangian Mechanics IV pptx HW 11 due
Solution		   Taylor
Ch. 7
16
Monday
5/1/2023
       Discussion 14: Final exam practice
Practice 1A (skip Q3) (Solutions)
Extra Lagrangian problems (Solutions)
All past HW - Discussion - Lecture problems
             
Tuesday
5/2/2023
 Continuous symmetries and Noether's theorem
(all pages)		 Checkpoint 27 Lecture 27: Phys325 Wrapup pptx activity + teacher's answers     Taylor
Ch. 7
Thursday
5/4/2023
 NO CLASS - Reading Day
    Final Exam - May 5 @ 8-11 AM (CIF 0035) (question prompts) - bring a 2-sided equation sheet