Week Dates Topics Chapter Homework
1 Wed 8/28 - Fri 8/30 Introduction 1.1-3 Set 1, Due Wed 9/4
Monday, Sep 2 No class (Labor Day)
2 Wed 9/4 - Fri 9/6 Introduction 1.3-6 Set 2, Due Wed 9/11
3 Mon 9/9 - Fri 9/13 Variational Principle & Lagrange Eqs 2.1-7 Set 3, Due Wed 9/18
4 Mon 9/16 - Wed 9/18 Central-Force Problem 3.1-4 Set 4, Due Wed 9/25
Friday, Sep 20 First Midterm Exam Covers Weeks 1-3
5 Mon 9/23 - Fri 9/27 Central-Force Problem 3.5-11 Set 5, Due Wed 10/2
6 Mon 09/30 - Fri 10/4 Rigid-Body Kinematics 4.1-4, 4.6-10 Set 6, Due Wed 10/9
7 Mon 10/7 - Fri 10/11 Rigid-Body Motion 5.1-4 Set 7, Due Wed 10/16
8 Mon 10/14 - Fri 10/18 Rigid-Body Motion 5.5-7 Set 8*, Due Wed 10/23
9 Mon 10/21 - Wed 10/23 Small Oscillations 6.1-5 Set 9, Due Fri 11/1
Friday, Oct 25 Second Midterm Exam Covers Weeks 4-8
10 Mon 10/28 - Fri 11/1 Hamilton Eqs 8.1-6 Set 10, Due Fri 11/8
11 Mon 11/4 - Fri 11/8 Canonical Transformations 9.1-3, 9.5-6 Set 11, Due Wed 11/13
12 Mon 11/11 - Wed 11/13 Hamilton-Jacobi Theory 10.1-6 Set 12, Due Wed 11/20
Friday, Nov 15 Third Midterm Exam Covers Weeks 9-11
13 Mon 11/18 - Fri 11/22 Parametric & Nonlinear Dynamics 11.1-5, 11.7-8 Set 13, Due Wed 11/27
14 Mon 11/25 - Wed 11/27 Continuous Systems 13.1-4 Set 14**, Due Fri 12/6
Friday, Nov 29 No class (Thanksgiving Holiday)
15 Mon 12/2 - Fri 12/6 Continuous Systems 13.4, 13.7
Fri, Dec 13

Final Exam, 10:00 - 1:00 pm

 Covers Entire Course

*Problems 4, 5 and 6 of Set 8 are being moved to Set 9, due 11/01.
**The last problem of the set got swapped compared to the original posting.


Last revised: December 4, 2013.