PHYS 325 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Course Schedule
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1 |
Monday
8/24/2020 |
FIRST DISCUSSION!!!! | ||||
Tuesday
8/25/2020 |
Newton's laws |
K&K Chapter 1 (Taylor Ch 1) |
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Thursday
8/27/2020 |
One-dimensional particle dynamics Lecture 2(2018) |
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K&K Chapter 2/3 (Taylor Ch 1) |
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2 | Monday 8/31/2020 |
Discussion 2 sols | ||||
Tuesday
9/1/2020 |
1D continued, drag, v-dep. forces |
K&K Chapter 3 (Taylor Ch 2) |
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Thursday
9/3/2020 |
2D particle dynamics Lecture 4(2018) |
Taylor Ch 2 | ||||
3 |
Monday
9/7/2020 |
Labor Day |
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Tuesday
9/8/2020 |
1D rocket motion, conservative forces in 3D |
K&K Chapter 4 | ||||
Thursday
9/9/2020 |
Central force motion, conserved angular momentum Lecture 6(2018) |
K&K Chapter 10 (Taylor Ch 8) |
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4 |
Monday
9/14/2020 |
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Tuesday
9/15/2020 |
Gravitation |
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Thursday
9/17/2020 |
Orbital motion, Kepler's Laws. Lecture 8(2018) |
HW 3 in (due 3pm, no credit if late) |
K&K Chapter 10 (Taylor Ch 8) |
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5 |
Monday
9/21/2020 |
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Tuesday
9/22/2020 |
Orbital motion continued |
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Thursday
9/24/2020 |
Orbit transfers Lecture 10(2018) |
HW 4 in (due 3pm, but late ok)
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6 |
Monday
9/28/2020 |
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HW 4 for sure in (5pm, no credit if later) | |||
Tuesday
9/29/2020 |
NO LECTURE |
Exam info (now live!!) Due Thurs Oct 1 at 1:30 pm |
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Thursday
10/1/2020 |
Formula sheet for exam one (updated! Sept 29 2020!!) NO LECTURE
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7 |
Monday
10/5/2020 |
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Tuesday
10/6/2020 |
Linear Oscillators: Simple harmonic oscillators Lecture 12(2018) Week 7 |
Taylor Chapter 5 (K&K Chapter 11) |
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Thursday
10/8/2020 |
Linear Oscillators: damping; initial conditions Lecture 13(2018) |
HW 5 out (due 3pm, no credit if late) |
Taylor Chapter 5 (K&K Chapter 11) |
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8 |
Monday
10/12/2020 |
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Tuesday
10/13/2020 |
Forced vibrations Lecture 14(2018) Week 8 |
Taylor Chapter 5 (K&K Chapter 11) |
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Thursday
10/15/2020 |
Resonance, Fourier series Lecture 15(2018) |
Taylor Chapter 5 (K&K Chapter 11) |
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9 |
Monday
10/19/2020 |
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Tuesday
10/20/2020 |
Fourier series continued, solutions for periodic driving Lecture 16(2018) Week 9 |
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Thursday
10/22/2020 |
Impulse response function, Greens function and fourier transform Lecture 17(2018) |
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11 |
Monday
10/26/2020 |
Discussion 9 sols | ||||
Tuesday
10/27/2020 |
Begin non-inertial reference frames Lecture 18(2018) Week 10 |
Discussion 9 in by noon |
Taylor Chapter 9 (K&K Ch 9) |
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Thursday
10/29/2020 |
Dynamics in non-inertial reference frames Lecture 19(2018) |
Taylor Chapter 9 (K&K Ch 9) |
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12 |
Monday
11/2/2020 |
Discussion 10 sols | ||||
Tuesday
11/3/2020 |
Election Day !!! |
Discussion 10 in by noon |
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Thursday
11/5/2020 |
Coriolis force Lecture 20(2018) Week 11a
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HW 8 in (due 3pm, no credit if late)
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Taylor Chapter 9 (K&K Ch 9) |
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13 |
Monday
11/9/2020 |
Discussion 11 sols | ||||
Tuesday
11/10/2020 |
NO REGULAR LECTURE: SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL Review of Planar rgid body motion Lecture 22(2018) Lecture 21(2018) Week 11b (2019)
FALL 2020 EXAM (released around noon Nov 10) |
Discussion 11 in by noon |
Taylor Chapter 10 (K&K Ch 7) |
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Thursday
11/12/2020 |
Midterm 2 Formula Sheet |
Spring 2020 Exam Solutions |
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14 |
Monday
11/16/2020 |
Discussion 12 sols | ||||
Tuesday
11/17/2020 |
Begin: Calculus of variations Notes for Weeks 13/15 Lecture 23(2018) |
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Discussion 12 in by noon |
Taylor Chapter 6 | ||
Thursday
11/19/2020 |
Calculus of variations continued Lecture 24(2018) |
Taylor Chapter 6 | ||||
All remote after this | ||||||
15 |
Monday
11/30/2020 |
Discussion 13 sols | ||||
Tuesday
12/1/2020 |
Lagrangian mechanics |
Discussion 13 in by noon |
Taylor Chapter 7 | |||
Thursday
12/3/2020 |
Lagrangian mechanics continued Lecture 26(2018) |
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Taylor Chapter 7 | |||
16 |
Monday
12/7/2020 |
Discussion 14 sols | ||||
Tuesday
12/8/2020 |
Optional material: Noether's theorem [NO LECTURE!!!] Lecture 27(2018) Week 16 |
HW 10 in |
Discussion 14 in by noon |
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Thursday
12/12/2020 |
Reading Day Final exam formula sheet Solution to final (2019) Final Exam(Spring 2020)SOLUTIONS ; Final Exam will go out Friday Dec 11 (9am) and be due Tuesday Dec 15 (5pm) |
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The exam is open everything. See the sample exam for a list of the equations that will be given to you.