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Week Date Lectures Readings Homework Problem Sessions
1
Monday
8/26/2019
      

Discussion 1 sols
Tuesday
8/27/2019

Newton's laws

Lecture 1(2018)  Week 1

 Taylor: 1.1-1.6    
Wednesday
8/28/2019
        
Thursday
8/29/2019

One-dimensional particle dynamics

Lecture 2(2018) 

 Taylor: 2.1-2.4

HW 1 out

 

  
Friday
8/30/2019
        
2
Monday
9/2/2019
 Labor Day Holiday
Tuesday
9/3/2019

1D continued, drag, v-dep. forces

Lecture 3(2018) Week 2

 Taylor: 2.1-2.4    
Wednesday
9/4/2019
        
Thursday
9/5/2019

2D particle dynamics

Lecture 4(2018) 

 Taylor: 2.4-2.7, 1.7

HW 1 in (A.b) 

HW 2 out

  
Friday
9/6/2019
        
3
Monday
9/9/2019
      

Discussion 2 sols
Tuesday
9/10/2019

1D rocket motion, conservative forces in 3D

Lecture 5(2018)  Week 3

 Taylor: 3.2, 4.1-4.6    
Wednesday
9/11/2019
        
Thursday
9/12/2019

Central force motion, conserved angular momentum

Lecture 6(2018) 

Taylor: 4.8

T&M: 5.1, 5.2

HW 2 in

HW 3 out

  
Friday
9/13/2019
        
4
Monday
9/16/2019
      

Discussion 3 sols
Tuesday
9/17/2019

Gravitation

Lecture 7(2018)  Week 4

 T&M Chapter 5    
Wednesday
9/18/2019
        
Thursday
9/19/2019

Orbital motion, Kepler's Laws.

Lecture 8(2018)

Taylor: Chapter 8

T&M: Chapter 8

HW 3 in

HW 4 out  [revised Sept 20!] 

  
Friday
9/20/2019
        
5
Monday
9/23/2019
      

Discussion 4 sols
Tuesday
9/24/2019

Orbital motion continued 

Lecture 9(2018) Week 5

Taylor: Chapter 8

T&M: Chapter 8

    
Wednesday
9/25/2019
        
Thursday
9/26/2019

Tides

Lecture 10(2018)

 Taylor 9.2

HW 4 in

 

  
Friday
9/27/2019
        
6
Monday
9/30/2019

 

    

Discussion 5 sols
Tuesday
10/1/2019

Tides -- continued

see lecture notes for lecture 10

      
Wednesday
10/2/2019
        
Thursday
10/3/2019

Midterm #1 Formula sheet for exam one (old)

Formula sheet for exam one (new)

  

Sample Exam

Exam #1 (solutions)

  
Friday
10/4/2019
        
7
Monday
10/7/2019
      

Discussion 6 sols
Tuesday
10/8/2019

Linear Oscillators: Simple harmonic oscillators

Lecture 12(2018) Week 7

T&M 3.1.-3.4  

Taylor 5.1-5.3

    
Wednesday
10/9/2019
        
Thursday
10/10/2019

Linear Oscillators: damping; initial conditions

Lecture 13(2018)		 Taylor 5.5, 5.6, T&M 3.6 HW 5 out  
Friday
10/11/2019
        
8
Monday
10/14/2019
      

Discussion 7 sols
Tuesday
10/15/2019

Forced vibrations

Lecture 14(2018) Week 8

 Taylor 5.5    
Wednesday
10/16/2019
        
Thursday
10/17/2019

Resonance, Fourier series

Lecture 15(2018)

 Taylor 5.6, 5.7

HW 5 in

HW 6 out

  
Friday
10/18/2019
        
9
Monday
10/21/2019
      

Discussion 8 sols
Tuesday
10/22/2019

Fourier series continued, solutions for periodic driving

Lecture 16(2018) Week 9

 Taylor 5.7-5.8    
Wednesday
10/23/2019
        
Thursday
10/24/2019

Impulse response function, Greens function and fourier transform

Lecture 17(2018)

 T&M 3.9

HW 6 in 

HW 7 out

  
Friday
10/25/2019
        
10
Monday
10/28/2019
       Discussion 9 sols
Tuesday
10/29/2019

Begin non-inerital reference frames

Lecture 18(2018) Week 10

Taylor Chapter 9

T&M Chapter 10

    
Wednesday
10/30/2019
        
Thursday
10/31/2019

Dynamics in non-inertial reference frames

Lecture 19(2018)

Taylor Chapter 9

T&M Chapter 10

HW 7 in

HW 8 out

  
Friday
11/1/2019
        
11
Monday
11/4/2019
       Discussion 10 sols
Tuesday
11/5/2019

Coriolis force

Lecture 20(2018) Week 11a

Taylor Chapter 9

T&M Chapter 10

    
Wednesday
11/6/2019
        
Thursday
11/7/2019

Begin planar rigid body rotation

Lecture 21(2018) Week 11b

  

HW 8 in

HW 9 out

more superball and more

  
Friday
11/8/2019
        
12
Monday
11/11/2019
       Discussion 11 sols
Tuesday
11/12/2019

Planar rgid body motion, continued

Lecture 22(2018) (continued from Week 11b)

      
Wednesday
11/13/2019
        
Thursday
11/14/2019
 Midterm 2 Formula Sheet  

Sample Exam sols

Exam #2 (sol, or sol)

  
Friday
11/15/2019
        
13
Monday
11/28/2019
       Discussion 12 sols
Tuesday
11/19/2019

Begin: Calculus of variations Notes for Weeks 13/15

Lecture 23(2018)

 Taylor Chapter 6

 

  
Wednesday
11/20/2019
        
Thursday
11/21/2019

Calculus of variations continued

Lecture 24(2018)

 Taylor Chapter 6

HW 9 in

HW 10 out 

[Update: PART A is now withdrawn, full credit to all] 

  
Friday
11/22/2019
        
14
Monday
11/25/2019
 Fall break
15
Monday
12/2/2019
       Discussion 13 sols
Tuesday
12/3/2019

Lagrangian mechanics

Lecture 25(2018) Notes for Weeks 13/15

 Taylor Chapter 7    
Wednesday
12/4/2019
        
Thursday
12/5/2019

Lagrangian mechanics continued

Lecture 26(2018)

 Taylor Chapter 7

 

  
Friday
12/6/2019
        
16
Monday
12/9/2019
       Discussion 14 sols
Tuesday
12/10/2019

Noether's theorem

Lecture 27(2018) Week 16 

   HW 10 in  
Wednesday
12/11/2019
        
Thursday
12/12/2019
 Reading Day
Friday
12/13/2019
 Final exam formula sheet Solution to final      

 

The exam is closed book, but you are allowed a page of notes.  See the sample exam for a list of the equations that will be given to you.  You are permitted one two-sided 8 1/2 x 11" set of notes with which to supplement the eqns given to you.