PHYS 325 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Course Schedule
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Week | Date | Lectures | Readings | Homework | Problem Sessions |
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1 |
Monday
8/26/2019 |
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Tuesday
8/27/2019 |
Newton's laws |
Taylor: 1.1-1.6 | |||
Wednesday
8/28/2019 |
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Thursday
8/29/2019 |
One-dimensional particle dynamics Lecture 2(2018) |
Taylor: 2.1-2.4 |
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Friday
8/30/2019 |
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2 |
Monday
9/2/2019 |
Labor Day Holiday | |||
Tuesday
9/3/2019 |
1D continued, drag, v-dep. forces |
Taylor: 2.1-2.4 | |||
Wednesday
9/4/2019 |
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Thursday
9/5/2019 |
2D particle dynamics Lecture 4(2018) |
Taylor: 2.4-2.7, 1.7 | |||
Friday
9/6/2019 |
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3 |
Monday
9/9/2019 |
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Tuesday
9/10/2019 |
1D rocket motion, conservative forces in 3D |
Taylor: 3.2, 4.1-4.6 | |||
Wednesday
9/11/2019 |
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Thursday
9/12/2019 |
Central force motion, conserved angular momentum Lecture 6(2018) |
Taylor: 4.8 T&M: 5.1, 5.2 |
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Friday
9/13/2019 |
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4 |
Monday
9/16/2019 |
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Tuesday
9/17/2019 |
Gravitation |
T&M Chapter 5 | |||
Wednesday
9/18/2019 |
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Thursday
9/19/2019 |
Orbital motion, Kepler's Laws. Lecture 8(2018) |
Taylor: Chapter 8 T&M: Chapter 8 |
HW 4 out [revised Sept 20!] |
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Friday
9/20/2019 |
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5 |
Monday
9/23/2019 |
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Tuesday
9/24/2019 |
Orbital motion continued |
Taylor: Chapter 8 T&M: Chapter 8 |
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Wednesday
9/25/2019 |
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Thursday
9/26/2019 |
Tides Lecture 10(2018) |
Taylor 9.2 |
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Friday
9/27/2019 |
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6 |
Monday
9/30/2019 |
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Tuesday
10/1/2019 |
Tides -- continued see lecture notes for lecture 10 |
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Wednesday
10/2/2019 |
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Thursday
10/3/2019 |
Midterm #1 Formula sheet for exam one (old) |
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Friday
10/4/2019 |
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7 |
Monday
10/7/2019 |
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Tuesday
10/8/2019 |
Linear Oscillators: Simple harmonic oscillators Lecture 12(2018) Week 7 |
T&M 3.1.-3.4 Taylor 5.1-5.3 |
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Wednesday
10/9/2019 |
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Thursday
10/10/2019 |
Linear Oscillators: damping; initial conditions Lecture 13(2018) |
Taylor 5.5, 5.6, T&M 3.6 | HW 5 out | ||
Friday
10/11/2019 |
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8 |
Monday
10/14/2019 |
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Tuesday
10/15/2019 |
Forced vibrations Lecture 14(2018) Week 8 |
Taylor 5.5 | |||
Wednesday
10/16/2019 |
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Thursday
10/17/2019 |
Resonance, Fourier series Lecture 15(2018) |
Taylor 5.6, 5.7 | |||
Friday
10/18/2019 |
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9 |
Monday
10/21/2019 |
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Tuesday
10/22/2019 |
Fourier series continued, solutions for periodic driving Lecture 16(2018) Week 9 |
Taylor 5.7-5.8 | |||
Wednesday
10/23/2019 |
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Thursday
10/24/2019 |
Impulse response function, Greens function and fourier transform Lecture 17(2018) |
T&M 3.9 | |||
Friday
10/25/2019 |
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10 |
Monday
10/28/2019 |
Discussion 9 sols | |||
Tuesday
10/29/2019 |
Begin non-inerital reference frames Lecture 18(2018) Week 10 |
Taylor Chapter 9 T&M Chapter 10 |
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Wednesday
10/30/2019 |
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Thursday
10/31/2019 |
Dynamics in non-inertial reference frames Lecture 19(2018) |
Taylor Chapter 9 T&M Chapter 10 |
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Friday
11/1/2019 |
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11 |
Monday
11/4/2019 |
Discussion 10 sols | |||
Tuesday
11/5/2019 |
Coriolis force Lecture 20(2018) Week 11a |
Taylor Chapter 9 T&M Chapter 10 |
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Wednesday
11/6/2019 |
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Thursday
11/7/2019 |
Begin planar rigid body rotation Lecture 21(2018) Week 11b |
more superball and more |
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Friday
11/8/2019 |
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12 |
Monday
11/11/2019 |
Discussion 11 sols | |||
Tuesday
11/12/2019 |
Planar rgid body motion, continued Lecture 22(2018) (continued from Week 11b) |
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Wednesday
11/13/2019 |
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Thursday
11/14/2019 |
Midterm 2 Formula Sheet | ||||
Friday
11/15/2019 |
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13 |
Monday
11/28/2019 |
Discussion 12 sols | |||
Tuesday
11/19/2019 |
Begin: Calculus of variations Notes for Weeks 13/15 Lecture 23(2018) |
Taylor Chapter 6 |
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Wednesday
11/20/2019 |
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Thursday
11/21/2019 |
Calculus of variations continued Lecture 24(2018) |
Taylor Chapter 6 |
[Update: PART A is now withdrawn, full credit to all] |
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Friday
11/22/2019 |
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14 |
Monday
11/25/2019 |
Fall break | |||
15 |
Monday
12/2/2019 |
Discussion 13 sols | |||
Tuesday
12/3/2019 |
Lagrangian mechanics |
Taylor Chapter 7 | |||
Wednesday
12/4/2019 |
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Thursday
12/5/2019 |
Lagrangian mechanics continued Lecture 26(2018) |
Taylor Chapter 7 |
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Friday
12/6/2019 |
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16 |
Monday
12/9/2019 |
Discussion 14 sols | |||
Tuesday
12/10/2019 |
Noether's theorem Lecture 27(2018) Week 16 |
HW 10 in | |||
Wednesday
12/11/2019 |
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Thursday
12/12/2019 |
Reading Day | ||||
Friday
12/13/2019 |
Final exam formula sheet Solution to final |
The exam is closed book, but you are allowed a page of notes. See the sample exam for a list of the equations that will be given to you. You are permitted one two-sided 8 1/2 x 11" set of notes with which to supplement the eqns given to you.