Week | Dates | Topics | Chapter | Homework | |
1 | Mon 1/12 - Fri 1/16 | Newtonian Mechanics | 2 | Solutions to Set 1 | |
Monday, Jan 19 | No class (Martin Luther King Day) | 2 | Wed 1/21 - Fri 1/23 | Matrices and Vector Calculus | 1 | Solutions to Set 2 |
3 | Mon 1/26 - Fri 1/30 | Dynamics of a System of Particles | 9 | Solutions to Set 3 | |
4 | Mon 2/2 - Fri 2/6 | Collisions and Scattering | 9 | Solutions to Set 4 | |
5 | Mon 2/9 - Fri 2/13 | Review, Solid Angles | 1, 2 and 9 | Practice MT1 Exam | |
Wednesday, Feb 11 | First Midterm Exam | Covers Weeks 1-4 | Solutions to Exam #1 | ||
6 | Mon 2/16 - Fri 2/20 | Oscillations | 3 | Solutions to Set 5 | |
7 | Mon 2/23 - Fri 2/27 | Resonance | 3 | Solutions to Set 6 | |
8 | Mon 3/2 - Fri 3/6 | Non-Linear Oscillations | 4 | Solutions to Set 7 | |
Mon 3/9 - Fri 3/13 | No classes (Spring Break) | ||||
9 | Mon 3/16 - Fri 3/20 | Review | 3 and 4 | Solutions to both Practice MT2 Exams | |
Friday, Mar 20 | Second Midterm Exam | Covers Weeks 5-8 | Solutions to Exam #2 | ||
10 | Mon 3/23 - Fri 3/27 | Gravitation | 5 | Solutions to Set 8 | |
11 | Mon 3/30 - Fri 4/3 | Central-Force Motion | 8 | Solutions to Set 9 | |
12 | Mon 4/6 - Fri 4/10 | Orbital Dynamics | 8 | Solutions to Set 10 | |
13 | Mon 4/13 - Fri 4/17 | Review | 5 and 8 | Practice MT3 Exam solutions | |
Wednesday, Apr 15 | Third Midterm Exam | Covers Weeks 9-12 | Solutions to Exam #3 | ||
14 | Mon 4/20 - Fri 4/24 | Lagrangians and Hamiltonians | 7 | Solutions to Set 11 | |
15 | Mon 4/27 - Fri 5/1 | Review Problems, Solutions to practice finals | 2 more practice finals | Solutions to Practice Final Exam | |
Thursday, May 7 | Final Exam, 3:00 - 5:00 pm | Covers entire course |