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| 1 |
Monday
8/21/2023 |
FIRST DISCUSSION!!!! | |||
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Tuesday
8/22/2023 |
Newton's laws |
Taylor Ch 1 (K&K Ch 1) |
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Thursday
8/24/2023 |
One-dimensional particle dynamics |
Taylor Ch 1 (K&K Chapter 2/3) |
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| 2 |
Monday
8/28/2023 |
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Tuesday
8/29/2023 |
1D continued, drag, v-dep. forces |
Taylor Ch 2 (K&K Chapter 3) |
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Thursday
8/31/2023 |
2D particle dynamics |
HW 1 due |
Taylor Ch 2 | ||
| 3 |
Monday
9/4/2023 |
Labor Day | |||
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Tuesday
9/5/2023 |
1D rocket motion, conservative forces in 3D |
K&K Chapter 4 (Taylor Chapt 4) |
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Thursday
9/7/2023 |
Central force motion, conserved angular momentum |
K&K Chapter 10 (Taylor Ch 4&8) |
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| 4 |
Monday
9/11/2023 |
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Tuesday
9/12/2023 |
Gravitation |
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Thursday
9/14/2023 |
Orbital motion, Kepler's Laws. |
HW 3 due |
K&K Chapter 10 (Taylor Ch 8) |
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| 5 |
Monday
9/18/2023 |
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Tuesday
9/19/2023 |
Orbital motion continued |
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Thursday
9/21/2023 |
Orbital solutions and tides |
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| 6 |
Monday
9/25/2023 |
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Tuesday
9/26/2023 |
No Lecture | HW 4 due | |||
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Thursday
9/28/2023 |
Midterm exam 1 (in-class) |
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| 7 |
Monday
10/2/2023 |
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Tuesday
10/3/2023 |
Linear Oscillators: Simple harmonic oscillators |
Taylor Chapter 5 (K&K Chapter 11) |
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Thursday
10/5/2023 |
Linear Oscillators: damping; initial conditions Lecture 13 |
Taylor Chapter 5 (K&K Chapter 11) |
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| 8 |
Monday
10/09/2023 |
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Tuesday
10/10/2023 |
Forced vibrations |
Taylor Chapter 5 (K&K Chapter 11) |
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Thursday
10/12/2023 |
Resonance, Fourier series |
Taylor Chapter 5 (K&K Chapter 11) |
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| 9 |
Monday
10/16/2023 |
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Tuesday
10/17/2023 |
Fourier series continued, solutions for periodic driving |
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Thursday
10/19/2023 |
Impulse response function, Greens function and fourier transform |
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| 11 |
Monday
10/23/2023 |
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Tuesday
10/24/2023 |
Begin non-inertial reference frames |
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Taylor Chapter 9 (K&K Ch 9) |
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Thursday
10/26/2023 |
Dynamics in non-inertial reference frames |
Taylor Chapter 9 (K&K Ch 9) |
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| 12 |
Monday
10/30/2023 |
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Tuesday
10/31/2023 |
Coriolis force |
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Thursday
11/2/2023 |
Begin: Calculus of variations |
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Taylor Chapter 6
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| 13 |
Monday
11/6/2023 |
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Tuesday
11/7/2023 |
No Lecture |
HW 8 in
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Taylor Chapter 10 (K&K Ch 7) |
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Thursday
11/09/2023 |
Midterm 2 (In class) Formula Sheet |
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| 14 |
Monday
11/13/2023 |
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Tuesday
11/14/2023 |
Calculus of variations continued |
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Taylor Chapter 6 | ||
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Thursday
11/16/2023 |
Begin: Lagrangian mechanics |
Taylor Chapter 6 | |||
| 15 |
Monday
11/27/2023 |
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Tuesday
11/28/2023 |
Lagrangian mechanics continued |
HW 9 in |
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Taylor Chapter 7 | |
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Thursday
11/30/2023 |
Lagrangian mechanics continued |
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Taylor Chapter 7 | ||
| 16 |
Monday
12/04/2023 |
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Tuesday
12/05/2023 |
Noether's theorem |
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Thursday
12/07/2023 |
Reading Day |
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Tuesday 12/12/2023 |
Final Exam: 8-11 am Location: TBD. |
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