Note: This schedule will evolve throughout the semster. Therefore, be aware that important content might change over time.

Date Lecture Readings Homework Problem sessions
Mon Jan 18 MLK Day
Wed Jan 20 Lecture 1: Math Review MT Ch. 1 Homework 1 (Due Jan 27) Solutions
Mon Jan 25 Lecture 2: Math Review MT Ch. 1 Problem session 1 Solutions
Wed Jan 27 Lecture 3: Newton's Laws MT Ch 2.1-4 Homework 2 (Due Feb 3) Solutions
Mon Feb 1 Lecture 4: Conservation Laws MT Ch. 2.5-6 Problem session 2 Solutions
Wed Feb 3 Lecture 5: 1D motion and drag forces MT Ch 2.1-4 Homework 3 (Due Feb 10) Solutions
Mon Feb 8 Lecture 6: Rocket Motion MT Ch. 2.5-6,9.11 Problem session 3 Solutions
Wed Feb 10 Lecture 7: 3D Motion MT Ch. 2 Homework 4 (Due Feb 17) Solutions
Mon Feb 15 Lecture 8: Central Forces MT Ch 8.1-7 Problem session 4 Solutions
Wed Feb 17 Lecture 9: Gravitational Force and Potential MT Ch. 5 Homework 5 (Due Feb 24) Solutions
Mon Feb 22 No Lecture Problem session 5 Solutions
Wed Feb 24 No Lecture Homework 6 (Due Mar 3) Solutions
Mon Mar 1 Lecture 10: Motion in a Central Field and Planetary Orbits MT Ch. 8.7-8 Problem session 6 Solutions
Tue Mar 2 Exam Review Session: 7pm in 144 Loomis Laboratory Spring 2006 Midterm 1
Wed Mar 3 Lecture 11: Harmonic Oscillators MT Ch 3-1-4 Homework 7 (Due Mar 10) Solutions
Thu Mar 4 Midterm Exam 1: 7pm in 151 Loomis Laboratory Solutions
Mon Mar 8 Lecture 12: Damped Oscillations MT Ch. 3.5 Problem session 7 Solutions
Wed Mar 10 Lecture 13: Driven Oscillations MT Ch 3.6-8 Homework 8 (Due Mar 17) Solutions
Mon Mar 15 Lecture 14: Fourier Series MT Ch. 3.8 Problem session 8 Solutions
Wed Mar 17 Lecture 15: Impulse Response + Green's Functions MT Ch. 3.8 Homework 9 (Due Mar 31) Solutions
Mon Mar 22 Spring Break
Mon Mar 24 Spring Break
Mon Mar 29 Lecture 16: Green's Functions + Step-function Method MT Ch. 3.8 NO PROBLEM SESSION
Wed Mar 31 Lecture 17: Introduction to Special Relativity MT Ch 14.1-3 Homework 10 (Due Apr 7) Solutions
Mon Apr 5 Lecture 18: Length Contraction and Time Dilation MT Ch. 14.3, 14.9 Problem session 9 Solutions
Wed Apr 7 Lecture 19: Lorentz Transformations and Velocity Addition Homework 11 (Due Apr 14) Solutions
Mon Apr 12 Lecture 20: Doppler Shift, Casuality, and Minkowski Diagrams Problem session 10 Solutions
Tue Mar 13 Exam Review Session: 7pm in 144 Loomis Laboratory Spring 2006 Midterm 2 Solutions
Wed Apr 14 Lecture 21: Relativistic Kinematics MT Ch 14.7-8 Homework 12 (Due Apr 21) Solutions
Thu Apr 15 Midterm Exam 2: 7pm in 151 Loomis Laboratory Solutions
Mon Apr 19 Lecture 22: Relativistic Kinematics MT Ch. 14.11 Problem session 11 Solutions
Wed Apr 21 Lecture 23: Calculus of Variations MT Ch. 6 Homework 13 (Due Apr 28) Solutions
Mon Apr 26 Lecture 24: Generalized Coordinates and Lagrangian Dynamics MT Ch. 7 Problem session 12 Solutions
Wed Apr 28 Lecture 25: Lagrangian Examples MT Ch. 7 Homework 14 (Due May 5) Solutions
Mon May 3 Lecture 26: Generalized Forces and Momenta MT Ch. 7 Problem session 13 Solutions
Wed May 5 Lecture 27: Hamiltonian Dynamics MT Ch. 7
Thu May 6 Reading Day
Fri May 7 Final Exam: 1:30 pm in 103 Talbot Laboratory