PHYS 325 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Course Schedule
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Week | Date | Prelecture Reading | Checkpoint | Lectures | Homework | Discussion | Textbook |
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1 | Monday 1/16/2023 |
NO CLASS - MLK Jr. Day | |||||
Tuesday 1/17/2023 |
Checkpoint 1 | Lecture 1: Newton's Laws pptx | Taylor Ch. 1 |
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Thursday 1/19/2023 |
1-D Particle Dynamics (pp. 1-8, up to Eq. 70) |
Checkpoint 2 | Lecture 2: 1-D Particle Dynamics pptx |
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Taylor Ch. 1 |
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2 | Monday 1/23/2023 |
Discussion 1 Solution |
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Tuesday 1/24/2023 |
SHM and Velocity-Dependent Forces (pp. 1-6) |
Checkpoint 3 | Lecture 3: Simple Harmonic Motion pptx | Taylor 2.1 - 2.4; 5.1-5.2 |
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Thursday 1/26/2023 |
2-D Particle Dynamics, Polar Coordinates (pp. 1-8, up to Eq. 59) |
Checkpoint 4 | Lecture 4: Velocity-Dependent Forces and 2-D Particle Dynamics pptx | Taylor 2.5 - 2.7 |
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3 | Monday 1/30/2023 |
Discussion 2 Solution |
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Tuesday 1/31/2023 |
1-D Rocket Motion (pp. 1 - 3 only) |
Checkpoint 5 | Lecture 5: Polar Coordinates and 1-D Rocket Motion pptx | Taylor 3.1 - 3.2 |
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Thursday 2/2/2023 |
Checkpoint 6 | Lecture 6: Conservative Forces and Vector Calculus Review pptx | Taylor 4.1 - 4.4 |
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4 | Monday 2/6/2023 |
Discussion 3 Solution |
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Tuesday 2/7/2023 |
Central forces, Angular Momentum Conservation (pp. 1 - 3 only) | Checkpoint 7 | Lecture 7: Central Forces and Angular Momentum Conservation pptx | Taylor 4.8, 3.4 |
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Thursday 2/9/2023 |
Gravitation (pp. 1 - 5 only) |
Checkpoint 8 | Lecture 8: Gravitation pptx | ||||
5 | Monday 2/13/2023 |
Discussion 4 Solution |
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Tuesday 2/14/2023 |
Orbits (pp. 1 - 4) |
Checkpoint 9 | Lecture 9: Orbits pptx | Taylor Ch. 8 |
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Thursday 2/16/2023 |
More orbits (pp. 1 - 10, some of the reading is review) |
Checkpoint 10 | Lecture 10: More Orbits + multibody systems pptx | Taylor Ch. 8 |
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6 | Monday 2/20/2023 |
Discussion 5: Midterm 1 practice |
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Tuesday 2/21/2023 |
Kepler's Laws (pp. 11 - 14) |
Checkpoint 11 | Lecture 11: Kepler's Laws pptx | Taylor Ch. 8 |
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Thursday 2/23/2023 |
Midterm Exam 1 Problems Solutions |
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7 | Monday 2/27/2023 |
Discussion 6 Solution |
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Tuesday 2/28/2023 |
Simple harmonic oscillators (pp. 1 - 5) |
Checkpoint 12 | Lecture 12: Simple Harmonic Oscillators pptx | Taylor Ch. 5 |
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Thursday 3/2/2023 |
Damped oscillators (pp. 4 - 9) |
Checkpoint 13 | Lecture 13: Damped Oscillators pptx | Taylor Ch. 5 |
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8 | Monday 3/6/2023 |
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Tuesday 3/7/2023 |
Forced vibrations (pp. 1 - 5) | Checkpoint 14 | Lecture 14: Forced Vibrations pptx | Taylor Ch. 5 |
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Thursday 3/9/2023 |
• Review: Forced vibrations (pp. 6 - 9) • Periodic Forcing + Fourier Series (p.1, then pp. 8 - 12) |
Checkpoint 15 | Lecture 15: Resonance and Fourier Series pptx | Taylor Ch. 5 |
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9 | 3/12/2022 | NO CLASS - Spring break | |||||
10 | Monday 3/20/2023 |
Discussion 8 Solution |
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Tuesday 3/21/2023 |
•Review: Periodic Forcing + Fourier Series (p.1 - 8) •Resonance + Dirac Delta (pp.1 - 3 and 6 - 7) |
Checkpoint 16 | Lecture 16: Periodic Driving pptx | Taylor Ch. 5 |
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Thursday 3/23/2023 |
Green's Functions, Impulse Response (pp. 1 - 3) | Checkpoint 17 | Lecture 17: Green's Functions and Impulse Response pptx | Taylor Ch. 5 |
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11 | Monday 3/27/2023 |
Discussion 9 Solution |
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Tuesday 3/28/2023 |
Non-inertial reference frames (pp. 1-5) | Checkpoint 18 | Lecture 18: Non-inertial reference frames pptx | Taylor Ch. 9 |
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Thursday 3/30/2023 |
Checkpoint 19 | Lecture 19: Dynamics in non-inertial reference frames pptx | Taylor Ch. 9 |
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12 | Monday 4/3/2023 |
Discussion 10 Solution |
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Tuesday 4/4/2023 |
Coriolis forces (pp. 1-4 only) | Checkpoint 20 | Lecture 20: Coriolis forces pptx | Taylor Ch. 9 |
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Thursday 4/6/2023 |
Calculus of variations | Checkpoint 21 | Lecture 21: Calculus of variations pptx | HW 9 due Solution |
Taylor Ch. 6 |
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13 | Monday 4/10/2023 |
Discussion 11: Midterm 2 practice |
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Tuesday 4/11/2023 |
Checkpoint 22 | Lecture 22: More calculus of variations pptx | Taylor Ch. 6 |
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Thursday 4/13/2023 |
Midterm Exam 2 |
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14 | Monday 4/17/2023 |
Discussion 12 Solution |
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Tuesday 4/18/2023 |
Lagrange multipliers (pp. 4 - 7) |
Checkpoint 23 | Lecture 23: Lagrangian Mechanics I pptx |
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Taylor Ch. 7 |
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Thursday 4/20/2023 |
Lagrangian mechanics II (all pages) |
Checkpoint 24 | Lecture 24: Lagrangian Mechanics II pptx | HW 10 due Solution |
Taylor Ch. 7 |
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15 | Monday 4/24/2023 |
Discussion 13 Solution |
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Tuesday 4/25/2023 |
Lagrangian mechanics III (pp. 3-9) |
Checkpoint 25 | Lecture 25: Lagrangian Mechanics III pptx | Taylor Ch. 7 |
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Thursday 4/27/2023 |
No Reading | No Checkpoint | Lecture 26: Lagrangian Mechanics IV pptx | HW 11 due Solution |
Taylor Ch. 7 |
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16 | Monday 5/1/2023 |
Discussion 14: Final exam practice Practice 1A (skip Q3) (Solutions) Extra Lagrangian problems (Solutions) All past HW - Discussion - Lecture problems |
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Tuesday 5/2/2023 |
Continuous symmetries and Noether's theorem (all pages) |
Checkpoint 27 | Lecture 27: Phys325 Wrapup pptx activity + teacher's answers | Taylor Ch. 7 |
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Thursday 5/4/2023 |
NO CLASS - Reading Day | ||||||
Final Exam - May 5 @ 8-11 AM (CIF 0035) (question prompts) - bring a 2-sided equation sheet |