PHYS 325 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Course Schedule
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Monday
1/20/2020 |
MLK Day |
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Tuesday
1/21/2020 |
Newton's laws |
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Thursday
1/23/2020 |
One-dimensional particle dynamics Lecture 2(2018) |
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| 2 | Monday 1/27/2020 |
Discussion 1 sols | |||
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Tuesday
1/28/2020 |
1D continued, drag, v-dep. forces |
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Thursday
1/30/2020 |
2D particle dynamics Lecture 4(2018) |
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Monday
2/3/2020 |
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Tuesday
2/4/2020 |
1D rocket motion, conservative forces in 3D |
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Thursday
2/6/2020 |
Central force motion, conserved angular momentum Lecture 6(2018) |
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Monday
2/10/2020 |
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Tuesday
2/11/2020 |
Gravitation |
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Thursday
2/13/2020 |
Orbital motion, Kepler's Laws. Lecture 8(2018) |
NOW DUE 6pm Mon (2/24) |
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Monday
2/17/2020 |
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Tuesday
2/18/2020 |
Orbital motion continued |
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Thursday
2/20/2020 |
Lecture 10(2018) |
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| 6 |
Monday
2/24/2020 |
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HW 4 in | ||
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Tuesday
2/25/2020 |
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Thursday
2/27/2020 |
Midterm #1 Formula sheet for exam one (old) Formula sheet for exam one (updated!) In lecture time/location
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| 7 |
Monday
3/2/2020 |
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Tuesday
3/3/2020 |
Linear Oscillators: Simple harmonic oscillators Lecture 12(2018) Week 7 |
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Thursday
3/5/2020 |
Linear Oscillators: damping; initial conditions Lecture 13(2018) |
HW 5 out | |||
| 8 |
Monday
3/9/2020 |
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Tuesday
3/10/2020 |
Forced vibrations Lecture 14(2018) Week 8 |
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Thursday
3/12/2020 |
Resonance, Fourier series Lecture 15(2018) |
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| 9 | Spring Break | ||||
| 10 |
Monday
3/23/2020 |
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Tuesday
3/24/2020 |
Fourier series continued, solutions for periodic driving Lecture 16(2018) Week 9 Video |
Discussion 8 in on Gradescope | |||
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Thursday
3/26/2020 |
Impulse response function, Greens function and fourier transform Lecture 17(2018) Video |
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| 11 |
Monday
3/30/2020 |
Discussion 9 sols | |||
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Tuesday
3/31/2020 |
Begin non-inerital reference frames Lecture 18(2018) Week 10 |
Discussion 9 in by noon on Gradescope |
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Thursday
4/2/2020 |
Dynamics in non-inertial reference frames Lecture 19(2018) |
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| 12 |
Monday
4/6/2020 |
Discussion 10 sols | |||
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Tuesday
4/7/2020 |
Coriolis force Lecture 20(2018) Week 11a |
Discussion 10 in by noon on Gradescope |
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Thursday
4/9/2020 |
Begin planar rigid body rotation Lecture 21(2018) Week 11b |
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| 13 |
Monday
4/13/2020 |
Discussion 11 sols | |||
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Tuesday
4/14/2020 |
Planar rgid body motion, continued Lecture 22(2018) (continued from Week 11b) |
Discussion 11 in by noon on Gradescope |
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Thursday
4/16/2020 |
Midterm 2 Formula Sheet |
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Monday
4/20/2020 |
Discussion 12 sols | |||
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Tuesday
4/21/2020 |
Begin: Calculus of variations Notes for Weeks 13/15 Lecture 23(2018) |
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Discussion 12 in by noon on Gradescope |
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Thursday
4/23/2020 |
Calculus of variations continued Lecture 24(2018) |
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| 15 |
Monday
4/27/2020 |
Discussion 13 sols | |||
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Tuesday
4/28/2020 |
Lagrangian mechanics |
Discussion 13 in by noon on Gradescope |
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Thursday
4/30/2020 |
Lagrangian mechanics continued Lecture 26(2018) |
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| 16 |
Monday
5/4/2020 |
Discussion 14 sols | |||
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Tuesday
5/5/2020 |
Noether's theorem Lecture 27(2018) Week 16 Exam #2 Resubmission Due Wed May 6 by 3pm (late submissions with no penalty until Thu May 7 at 3pm) |
HW 10 in (3pm) |
Discussion 14 in by noon on Gradescope |
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Thursday
12/12/2020 |
Reading Day Final exam formula sheet Solution to final (2019) Final exam will be posted May 14 1pm/Due on gradescope May 16 1:30pm Exam Info Final Exam SOLUTIONS |
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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.