PHYS 325 Spring 2022
PHYS 325 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Course Schedule
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| 1 |
Monday
1/17/2022 |
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Tuesday
1/18/2022 |
Newton's laws Lecture 1 (Online links here) | K&K Chapter 1 (Taylor Ch 1) | |||
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Thursday
1/20/2022 |
One-dimensional particle dynamics Lecture 2 (Online links here) | K&K Chapter 2/3 (Taylor Ch 1) | |||
| 2 |
Monday
1/24/2022 |
FIRST DISCUSSION!!!! | |||
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Tuesday
1/25/2022 |
1D continued, drag, v-dep. forces Lecture 3 | K&K Chapter 3 (Taylor Ch 2) | |||
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Thursday
1/27/2022 |
2D particle dynamics Lecture 4 | Taylor Ch 2 | |||
| 3 |
Monday
1/31/2022 |
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Tuesday
2/1/2022 |
1D rocket motion, conservative forces in 3D Lecture 5 | K&K Chapter 4 | |||
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Thursday
2/3/2022 |
Central force motion, conserved angular momentum Lecture 6 Online Due to Snowpocalypse: (Online links here) Notes from my ipad |
K&K Chapter 10 (Taylor Ch 8) | |||
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Monday
2/7/2022 |
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Tuesday
2/8/2022 |
Gravitation Lecture 7 | ||||
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Thursday
2/10/2022 |
Orbital motion, Kepler's Laws. Lecture 8 |
HW 3 in |
K&K Chapter 10 (Taylor Ch 8) | ||
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Monday
2/14/2022 |
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Tuesday
2/15/2022 |
Orbital motion continued Lecture 9 | ||||
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Thursday
2/17/2022 |
Tides Lecture 10 | ||||
| 6 |
Monday
2/21/2022 |
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Tuesday
2/22/2022 |
NO LECTURE |
HW 4 in |
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Thursday
2/24/2022 |
Midterm 1, in class Sample exam Solution Formula sheet | Exam take II | |||
| 7 |
Monday
2/28/2022 |
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Tuesday
3/1/2022 |
Linear Oscillators: Simple harmonic oscillators Lecture 12 | Taylor Chapter 5 (K&K Chapter 11) | |||
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Thursday
3/3/2022 |
Linear Oscillators: damping; initial conditions Lecture 13 | Taylor Chapter 5 (K&K Chapter 11) | |||
| 8 |
Monday
3/7/2022 |
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Tuesday
3/8/2022 |
Forced vibrations Lecture 14 | Taylor Chapter 5 (K&K Chapter 11) | |||
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Thursday
3/10/2022 |
Resonance, Fourier series Lecture 15 | Taylor Chapter 5 (K&K Chapter 11) | |||
| 9 | 3/12/2022 | Spring break | |||
| 10 |
Monday
3/21/2022 |
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Tuesday
3/22/2022 |
Fourier series continued, solutions for periodic driving Lecture 16 | ||||
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Thursday
3/24/2022 |
Impulse response function, Greens function and fourier transform Lecture 17 |
HW 6 in |
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Monday
3/28/2022 |
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Tuesday
3/29/2022 |
Begin non-inertial reference frames Lecture 18 | Taylor Chapter 9 (K&K Ch 9) | |||
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Thursday
3/31/2022 |
Dynamics in non-inertial reference frames Lecture 19 |
HW 7 in |
Taylor Chapter 9 (K&K Ch 9) | ||
| 12 |
Monday
4/4/2022 |
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Tuesday
4/5/2022 |
Coriolis force Lecture 20 | ||||
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Thursday
4/7/2022 |
Begin calculus of variations: Lecture 21 | Taylor Chapter 9 (K&K Ch 9) | |||
| 13 |
Monday
4/11/2022 |
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Tuesday
4/12/2022 |
No lecture Planar Rigid Body motion notes |
HW 8 in | Taylor Chapter 6 | ||
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Thursday
4/14/2022 |
Midterm 2, in class formula sheet sample exam solutions |
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| 14 |
Monday
4/18/2022 |
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Tuesday
4/19/2022 |
Calculus of variations continued Lecture 22 | Taylor Chapter 6 | |||
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Thursday
4/21/2022 |
Lagrangian mechanics Lecture 23 | Taylor Chapter 7 | |||
| 15 |
Monday
4/25/2022 |
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Tuesday
4/26/2022 |
Lagrangian mechanics continued Lecture 24 |
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Taylor Chapter 7 | ||
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Thursday
4/28/2022 |
Lagrangian mechanics continued Lecture 25 | Taylor Chapter 7 | |||
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Monday
5/2/2022 |
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Tuesday
5/3/2022 |
Noether's theorem Lecture 26 | ||||
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Thursday
5/5/2022 |
Reading Day | ||||
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Friday 5/13/2022 |
Final exam, 7-10 pm Sample Final Solution | ||||