Week Dates Topics Chapter Homework
PHY422 		Homework
PHY820 		Due
1 Wed 8/27 - Fri 8/29 Variations 1.1-2,4 Set 1 Set 1 Wed 9/3
Monday, Sep 2 No class (Labor Day)
2 Wed 9/3 - Fri 9/5 Lagrange Eqs 1.3-6 Set 2 Set 2 Wed 9/10
3 Mon 9/8 - Fri 9/12 1D Dynamics 2.1-9 Set 3 Set 3 Wed 9/17
4 Mon 9/15 - Wed 9/17 Dynamics for a Few Degrees of Freedom, Small Oscillations 3.1-5 Set 4 Set 4 Fri 9/26
Friday, Sep 19 First Midterm Exam Covers Weeks 1-3
5 Mon 9/22 - Fri 9/26 Dynamics for a Few Degrees of Freedom, Constraints 3.5-7,4.1-2 Set 5 Set 5 Wed 10/1
6 Mon 09/29 - Fri 10/3 Rigid Body Motion 4.2-4 Set 6 Set 6 Fri 10/10
7 Mon 10/6 - Fri 10/10 Rigid-Body Motion 4.4-7 Set 7 Set 7 Fri 10/17
8 Mon 10/13 - Fri 10/17 Noninertial Reference Frames 5.1-5 Set 8 Set 8 Fri 10/24
9 Mon 10/20 - Wed 10/22 Gravity & Central-Force Problem 6.1-3 Set 9 Set 9 Fri 10/31
Friday, Oct 24 Second Midterm Exam Covers Weeks 4-8
10 Mon 10/27 - Fri 10/31 Gravity & Central-Force Problem 6.3-8 Set 10 Set 10 Wed 11/5
11 Mon 11/3 - Fri 11/7 Collisions & Scattering 7.1-8 Set 11 Set 11 Wed 11/12
12 Mon 11/10 - Wed 11/12 Hamiltonian Mechanics 8.1-3 Set 12 Set 12 Wed 11/19
Friday, Nov 14 Third Midterm Exam Covers Weeks 9-11
13 Mon 11/17 - Fri 11/21 Hamiltonian Mechanics 8.3-6 Set 13 Set 13 Wed 11/27
14 Mon 11/24 - Wed 11/26 Parametric & Nonlinear Dynamics 9.1-7 Set 14 Set 14 Fri 12/5
Friday, Nov 28 No class (Thanksgiving Holiday)
15 Mon 12/1 - Fri 12/5 Continuous Systems 10.1-4
Wed, Dec 10 Final Exam, 10:00am - 1:00pm Central Fee Hall Rm E109 Covers Entire Course


Last revised: November 25, 2014.