Location: http://www.physics.smu.edu/~coan/3344/3344_syl_fall01.html
Last edit: 6 Aug 2001
Prof. Thomas Coan (x8-2497)
coan@mail.physics.smu.edu
Office: 4B Fondren Science
| Date | Topic | Reading Due | HW Due |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Aug | Intro, Evaluation, Newton's Laws, quiz | M1.1-1.3,2.1-2.4; S 7.1, 7.3-7.4 | |
| 28 Aug | Ref frames, galilean relativity, gravity and latitude | M2.4-2.6, S 7.5-7.7 | |
| 30 Aug | 1-particle energy, com, linear momentum | M2.6, M9.1-9.3 | |
| 31 Aug | HW due today | M2.11, 15, 25, 27, 50, ec2.7;S 7.1.3, 7.2.2 | |
| 4 Sep | System angular momentum and energy | M 9.4 - 9.5 | |
| 6 Sep | Elastic Collisions | M9.6-9.7 | |
| 7 Sep | HW due today | M2.30, 2.38, 2.41, 2.43, 9.7, 9.15. 9.19, ec9. 17 | |
| 11 Sep | Rutherford Scattering | M9.9-9.10 | |
| 13 Sep | Gravitation | M5.1-5.2 | |
| 14 Sep | HW due today | M9.13, 9.21, 9.22, 9.26, S7.4.2, S7.4.3, F1 | |
| 18 Sep | Gravitation II, Calculus of Variations | M5.3-5.4,M6.1-6.3 | |
| 20 Sep | More on Euler's Equations | M6.4-6.7 | |
| 21 Sep | HW due today | M5.3, 5.5, 5.13, 5.15, 5.16, S7.5.5, S7.5.7, S7.6.4 | |
| 25 Sep | Hamilton's Principle | M7.1-7.3 | |
| 27 Sep | Lagrange's Equations I | M7.3-7.4 | |
| 28 Sep | HW due today | M6.2, M6.5, M6.7, M6.10, F2, F5 | |
| 4 Oct | Test Chap's M2, 9, 5 | ||
| 2 Oct | Lagrange's Equations II | M7.5, M7.7 | |
| 4 Oct | Hamiltonian Dynamics | M7.9-7.10 | |
| 5 Oct | HW due today | M7.3, 7.7, 7.9, Term paper 1 | |
| 9 Oct | Central Force Motion I | M8.1-8.4 | |
| 11 Oct | Central Force Motion II | M8.5-8.8 | |
| 12 Oct | HW due today | M7.13, 7.15, 7.21, 7.25, 7.29, F8 | |
| 16 Oct | Fall break | ||
| 18 Oct | Non-Inertial Frame Motion and Vector Review | M10.1-10.3, M1.10-1.12 | |
| 19 Oct | HW due today | M8.6, 8.14, 8.17, 8.25, 8.37, 8.41 | |
| 23 Oct | More non-IFM | M10.3-10.4 | |
| ?? Oct | Test Chap's M6, 7, 8 | ||
| 25 Oct | Coordinate Transformations and Matrices | M1.2-1.9 | |
| 26 Oct | HW due today | M10.6, M10.7, 10.9, 10.12, F12, F13 | |
| 30 Oct | Dynamics of Rigid Bodies I | M11.1-11.4; S8.1-8.3 | |
| 1 Nov | Dynamics of Rigid Bodies II | M11.5-11.6, S9.9 | |
| 2 Nov | HW due today | F11, Matrix problems (TBA) | |
| 6 Nov | Euler's Angles and Equations | M11.7, 11.8 | |
| 8 Nov | Yet More Euler's Equations | M11.9, 11.11 | |
| 9 Nov | HW due today | F15, M11.6, 11.7, 11.8, 11.11 | |
| 13 Nov | Oscillations + ODE's | M3.1-3.4 | |
| 15 Nov | Oscillations + ODE's | M Appendix C, S10.1, S10.2 | |
| 16 Nov | HW due today | M11.12, Term paper 2 | |
| 20 Nov | Damped Harmonic Motion | M3.5-3.6 | |
| 22 Nov | Thanksgiving | ||
| 27 Nov | HW due today | M3.7, 3.13, 3.16, S10.2.4, S10.2.5, S10.2.8 | |
| 27 Nov | Fourier Series | M3.9 | |
| 29 Nov | Intro to Green's Functions | M3.10 | |
| 4 Dec | HW due today | F14, M3.9, M3.39, M3.42, M3.44 | |
| 4 Dec | Special Topics | ||
| ?? Dec | Test Chap's M3, 10, 11 | ||