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