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Physics 6321 - Classical Mechanics
Course Information
- Lecturer:
Professor Randall J. Scalise
- Lecture meeting times and place: MW 3:00-4:20PM in Fondren Science Building 155
- Contact:
- Call or leave a message at 768-2504, or
- Leave a note in the Physics Department Office - 102 Fondren Science, or
- send me e-mail:
<scalise@smu.edu>
- Text: Classical Mechanics, 3rd edition by Goldstein
- Lecture Notes:
- Exam Dates: Open book, notes
- Midterm - Monday 17 October 2011 in class
- Final Exam (Cumulative) - Thursday 8 December 2011, 3:00-6:00PM in room Fondren Science 155
- University Holidays:
- Monday 5 September 2011 - Labor Day
- Monday-Tuesday 10-11 October 2011 - Fall Break
- Wednesday-Friday 23-25 November 2011 - Thanksgiving
- Syllabus
- Students with disabilities, medically excused absences, absences in general
-
Official University Calendar
- Homework Assignments
50% credit after due date, 0% after returned to you with my solutions
- HW01 due Monday 29 August 2011 at 6:00pm - Goldstein 1.7, 1.8, 1.16, 1.19, 1.22.
- HW02 due Tuesday 6 September 2011 at 6:00pm
- HW03 due Monday 12 September 2011 at 6:00pm
- HW04 due Monday 19 September 2011 at 6:00pm
- HW05 due Monday 26 September 2011 at 6:00pm
- HW06 due Monday 3 October 2011 at 6:00pm
- Monday 10 October 2011 is during Fall Break
- HW07 due Wednesday 12 October 2011 at 6:00pm
- Monday 17 October 2011 is the midterm exam
- HW08 due Monday 24 October 2011 at 6:00pm
- HW09 due Monday 31 October 2011 at 6:00pm
- HW10 due Monday 7 November 2011 at 6:00pm
- HW11 due Monday 14 November 2011 at 6:00pm Figure
- HW12 due Monday 21 November 2011 at 6:00pm
- Monday 28 November 2011 is just after Thanksgiving Break
- HW13 due Monday 5 December 2011 at 6:00pm
- Thursday 8 December 2011 is the final exam
- Homework Solutions
- Student learning outcome: Students will be able to apply their knowledge
of classical mechanics in solving physics problems.
- Other resources
- Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems, by Jerry B. Marion and Stephen T. Thornton
- Classical Mechanics, by John R. Taylor
- Introduction to Classical Mechanics, by David Morin
- Theoretical Mechanics of Particles and Continua, by Alexander L. Fetter and John D. Walecka
- Mechanics, by Lev D. Landau and Evgeny M. Lifshitz
- Mathematica tutorial
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