PHYS 325 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Course Schedule
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| 1 |
Monday
1/25/2021 |
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Tuesday
1/26/2021 |
Newton's laws |
K&K Chapter 1 (Taylor Ch 1) |
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Thursday
1/28/2021 |
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 2/1/2021 |
FIRST DISCUSSION!!!! | Discussion 1 | ||
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Tuesday
2/2/2021 |
1D continued, drag, v-dep. forces |
Discussion 1 in |
K&K Chapter 3 (Taylor Ch 2) |
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Thursday
2/4/2021 |
2D particle dynamics Lecture 4(2018) |
Taylor Ch 2 | |||
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Monday
2/8/2021 |
(on Zoom!) |
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Tuesday
2/9/2021 |
1D rocket motion, conservative forces in 3D |
Discussion 2 in | K&K Chapter 4 | ||
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Thursday
2/11/2021 |
Central force motion, conserved angular momentum Lecture 6(2018) |
K&K Chapter 10 (Taylor Ch 8) |
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| 4 |
Monday
2/15/2021 |
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Tuesday
2/16/2021 |
Gravitation |
Discussion 3 in | |||
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Thursday
2/18/2021 |
Orbital motion, Kepler's Laws. Lecture 8(2018) |
HW 3 in Draft solutions (now due Friday, since Wed is a day off) |
K&K Chapter 10 (Taylor Ch 8) |
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| 5 |
Monday
2/22/2021 |
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Tuesday
2/23/2021 |
Orbital motion continued |
Discussion 4 in | |||
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Thursday
2/25/2021 |
Orbit transfers Lecture 10(2018) |
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| 6 |
Monday
3/1/2021 |
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Tuesday
3/2/2021 |
NO LECTURE | Discussion 5 in | |||
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Thursday
3/4/2021 |
NO LECTURE
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| 7 |
Monday
3/8/2021 |
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Tuesday
3/9/2021 |
Linear Oscillators: Simple harmonic oscillators Lecture 12(2018) Week 7 |
Discussion 6 in |
Taylor Chapter 5 (K&K Chapter 11) |
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Thursday
3/11/2021 |
Linear Oscillators: damping; initial conditions Lecture 13(2018) |
HW 5 out |
Taylor Chapter 5 (K&K Chapter 11) |
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| 8 |
Monday
3/15/2021 |
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Tuesday
3/16/2021 |
Forced vibrations Lecture 14(2018) Week 8 |
Discussion 7 in |
Taylor Chapter 5 (K&K Chapter 11) |
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Thursday
3/18/2021 |
Resonance, Fourier series Lecture 15(2018) |
Taylor Chapter 5 (K&K Chapter 11) |
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| 9 |
Monday
3/22/2021 |
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Tuesday
3/23/2021 |
Fourier series continued, solutions for periodic driving Lecture 16(2018) Week 9 |
Discussion 8 in | |||
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Thursday
3/25/2021 |
Impulse response function, Greens function and fourier transform Lecture 17(2018) |
HW 6 in (Fri) solutions plot script |
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| 11 |
Monday
3/29/2021 |
Discussion 9 | |||
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Tuesday
3/30/2021 |
Begin non-inertial reference frames Lecture 18(2018) Week 10 |
Taylor Chapter 9 (K&K Ch 9) |
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Thursday
4/1/2021 |
Dynamics in non-inertial reference frames Lecture 19(2018) |
Taylor Chapter 9 (K&K Ch 9) |
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| 12 |
Monday
4/5/2021 |
Discussion 10 | |||
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Tuesday
4/6/2021 |
Coriolis force Lecture 20(2018) Week 11a
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Discussion 10 in by noon |
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Thursday
4/8/2021 |
Begin: Calculus of variations Notes for Weeks 13/15 Lecture 23(2018) |
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Taylor Chapter 9 (K&K Ch 9) |
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| 13 |
Monday
4/12/2021 |
Discussion 11 | |||
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Tuesday
4/13/2021 |
NO REGULAR LECTURE: SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL Review of Planar rgid body motion Lecture 22(2018) Lecture 21(2018) Week 11b (2019)
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Discussion 11 in by noon WEDNESDAY |
Taylor Chapter 10 (K&K Ch 7) |
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Thursday
4/15/2021 |
Midterm 2 Formula Sheet Midterm 2 Sample Exam Exam Solutions solutions and solutions for Fall 2020 FALL 2020 EXAM |
Spring 2020 Exam Solutions |
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| 14 |
Monday
4/19/2021 |
Discussion 12 | |||
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Tuesday
4/20/2021 |
Calculus of variations continued Lecture 24(2018) |
Discussion 12 in by noon |
Taylor Chapter 6 | ||
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Thursday
4/22/2021 |
Lagrangian mechanics |
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Taylor Chapter 6 | ||
| 15 |
Monday
4/26/2021 |
Discussion 13 | |||
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Tuesday
4/27/2021 |
Lagrangian mechanics continued Lecture 26(2018) |
Discussion 13 in by noon |
Taylor Chapter 7 | ||
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Thursday
4/29/2020 |
Noether's theorem Lecture 27(2018) Week 16 |
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Taylor Chapter 7 | ||
| 16 |
Monday
5/3/2021 |
Discussion 14 | |||
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Tuesday
5/4/2021 |
[NO LECTURE!!!] |
HW 9 in |
Discussion 14 in by noon |
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Thursday
5/6/2021 |
Reading Day Final exam formula sheet Solution to final (2019) Final Exam(Spring 2020)SOLUTIONS ;
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FINAL EXAM due Friday, May 14 at 4:30 PM: EXAM will be posted by 2pm (maybe even by noon) May 10
The exam is open everything. See the sample exam for a list of the equations that will be given to you. Exam info will be posted here