PHYS 325 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Course Schedule
Lectures will take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 13:00 - 14:20 CDT in 151 Loomis.
Discussion sessions will take place on Mondays as assigned in the section information.
Homework sets will become available on Thursdays after class, starting in week TBA. They are due on the following Thursday before 11:55pm Central and they have to be submitted online via gradescope.
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| Week | Date | Lectures | Homework | Discussions | Text suggestions |
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| 1 |
Monday
01/15/2024 |
MLK Jr. Day - No classes | |||
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Tuesday
01/16/2024 |
Course policies L1: Newton's laws |
Taylor Ch. 1 | |||
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Thursday
01/18/2024 |
L2: 1-dimensional particle dynamics | Taylor Ch. 1 | |||
| 2 |
Monday
01/22/2024 |
FIRST DISCUSSION | Discussion 1 Solutions |
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Tuesday
01/23/2024 |
L3: position and time dependent forces simple harmonic oscillator |
Taylor Ch. 2 | |||
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Thursday
01/25/2024 |
L4: drag and velocity dependent forces |
HW 1 due |
Taylor Ch 2 | ||
| 3 |
Monday
01/29/2024 |
Discussion 2 Solutions |
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Tuesday
01/30/2024 |
L5: 1D rocket motion 2D particle dynamics |
Taylor Ch 2 |
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Thursday
02/01/2024 |
L6: 2D particle dynamics |
HW 2 due |
K&K Ch. 4 (Taylor Ch 4 & 8) | ||
| 4 |
Monday
02/05/2024 |
Discussion 3 Solutions |
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Tuesday
02/06/2024 |
L7: 2D particle dynamics Conservative forces |
K&K Ch. 10 (Taylor Ch 8) |
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Thursday
02/08/2024 |
L8: Conservative forces Central force motion, angular momentum conservation |
HW 3 due |
Taylor Ch 8 | ||
| 5 |
Monday
02/12/2024 |
Discussion 4 Solutions |
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Tuesday
02/13/2024 |
L9: Gravitational force and potential |
K&K Ch. 10 (Taylor Ch 8) |
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Thursday
02/15/2024 |
L10: Orbital motion I | HW 4 due No new HW |
K&K Ch. 10 (Taylor Ch 8) |
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| 6 |
Monday
02/19/2024 |
Discussion 5 Updated Solutions |
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Tuesday
02/20/2024 |
L11: Orbital motion II |
K&K Ch. 10 (Taylor Ch 8) |
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Thursday
02/22/2024 |
Midterm Exam 1 Practice exam 1 |
No HW due HW 5 out solutions |
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| 7 |
Monday
02/26/2024 |
Discussion 6 Solutions |
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Tuesday
02/27/2024 |
L12: Kepler's laws | Taylor Ch. 5 (K&K Ch. 11) | |||
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Thursday
02/29/2024 |
L13: Simple harmonic oscillators |
HW 5 due |
Taylor Ch. 5 (K&K Ch. 11) |
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| 8 |
Monday
03/04/2024 |
Discussion 7 Solutions |
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Tuesday
03/05/2024 |
L14: Damped oscillators | Taylor Ch. 5 (K&K Ch. 11) | |||
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Thursday
03/07/2024 |
L15: Forced vibrations | HW 6 due HW 7 out |
Taylor Ch. 5 (K&K Ch. 11) |
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| 9 |
03/09/2024 -- 03/17/2024
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Spring Break -- no classes | |||
| 10 |
Monday
03/18/2024 |
Discussion 8 Solutions |
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Tuesday
03/19/2024 |
L16: Harmonic driving and resonance | ||||
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Thursday
03/21/2024 |
L17: Periodic driving |
HW 7 due |
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| 11 |
Monday
03/25/2024 |
Discussion 9 Solutions |
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Tuesday
03/26/2024 |
L18: Impulse response function and Greens function | Taylor Chapter 9 (K&K Ch 9) | |||
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Thursday
03/28/2024 |
L19: Fourier transformation | HW 8 due No new HW |
Taylor Chapter 9 (K&K Ch 9) | ||
| 12 |
Monday
04/01/2024 |
Discussion 10 Solutions |
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Tuesday
04/02/2024 |
L20: non-inertial reference frames | ||||
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Thursday
04/04/2024 |
Midterm Exam 2 Practice exam 2 |
No HW due HW 9 out |
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| 13 |
Monday
04/08/2024 |
Discussion 11 Solutions |
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Tuesday
04/09/2024 |
L21: Dynamics in non-inertial reference frames | Taylor Ch. 6 | |||
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Thursday
04/11/2024 |
L22: Coriolis forces | HW 9 due HW 10 out |
Taylor Ch. 6 | ||
| 14 |
Monday
04/15/2024 |
Discussion 12 Solutions |
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Tuesday
04/16/2024 |
L23: Calculus of variations |
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Taylor Ch. 7 | ||
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Thursday
04/18/2024 |
L24: Calculus of variations
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HW 10 due HW 11 out |
Taylor Ch. 7 | ||
| 15 |
Monday
04/22/2024 |
Discussion 13 Solutions |
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Tuesday
04/23/2024 |
L25: Lagrangian mechanics |
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Taylor Ch. 7 | ||
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Thursday
04/25/2024 |
L26: Lagrangian mechanics | HW 11 due | Taylor Ch. 7 | ||
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Monday
04/29/2024 |
Discussion 14 Solutions |
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Tuesday
04/30/2024 |
L27: Noether's theorem | Taylor Ch. 7 | |||
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Thursday
05/02/2024 |
Reading Day | ||||
| FINALs' week 05/03/2024 -- 05/10/2024 |
Final exam: TBA Extra: Practice exam |
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