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Last edit: 14 Dec 1998
Prof. Thomas Coan (x8-2497)         
coan@mail.physics.smu.edu
Office: 4B Fondren Science
Date     | Topic | Reading Due     | HW Due |
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24 Aug | Intro, Evaluation, Newton's Laws, quiz | M1.1-1.3,2.1-2.4; S 7.1, 7.3-7.4   | |
26 Aug | Ref frames, galilean relativity, gravity and latitude | M2.4-2.6, S 7.5-7.7  | |
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31 Aug | 1-particle energy, com, linear momentum | M2.6, M9.1-9.3  | |
1 Sep | HW due today |   | M2.11, 15, 25, 27, 50, ec2.7;S 7.1.3, 7.2.2 |
2 Sep | System angular momentum and energy | M 9.4 - 9.5   | |
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7 Sep | Labor Day, lecture canceled |   | |
8 Sep | HW due today |   | M2.30, 2.38, 2.41, 2.43, 9.7, 9.15. 9.19, ec9. 17 |
9 Sep | Elastic Collisions | M9.6-9.7 |   |
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14 Sep | Rutherford Scattering | M9.9-9.10   | |
16 Sep | Gravitation | M5.1-5.4  | |
17 Sep | HW due today |   | M9.13, 9.21, 9.22, 9.26 |
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21 Sep | Calculus of Variations and Lagrange Multipliers | M6.1-6.5  | |
23 Sep | Calculus of Variations, Hamilton's Principle I | M6.6-6.7, 7.1-7.3  | |
24 Sep | HW due today |   | M5.3, 5.5, 5.13, 5.15, 5.16 |
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28 Sep | Lagrange's Equations I | M7.4-7.5  |   |
29 Sep | Test Chap's M2, 9, 5 |   | |
30 Sep | Test Sol's Explained | M7.7   | |
1 Oct | HW due today |   | None! |
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5 Oct | Lagrange's Eqns's II and Hamiltonian Dynamics | M7.9-7.10  | |
7 Oct | Hamiltonian Dynamics and Liouville's Theorem | M7.12-7.13  | |
8 Oct | HW due today |   | M6.2, 6.7, 7.3, 7.7, 7.9 |
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12 Oct | Fall break |   | |
14 Oct | Central Force Motion I | M8.1-8.4  |   |
15 Oct | HW due today |   | M7.13, 7.15, 7.21, 7.25, 7.29 |
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19 Oct | Central Force Motion II | M8.5-8.8   | |
21 Oct | Intro to Matrices | M1.4-1.12   | |
22 Oct | HW due today |   | M8.6, 8.14, 8.17, 8.25, 8.37, 8.41 |
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26 Oct | Motion in non-Inertial Frame | M10.1-10.4   | |
27 Oct | Test Chap's M6, 7, 8 |   | |
28 Oct | Test Sol's Explained |   | |
29 Oct | HW due today |   | None! |
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2 Nov | Dynamics of Rigid Bodies I | M11.1-11.4; S8.1-8.3   | Matrix problems |
4 Nov | Dynamics of Rigid Bodies II | M11.5-11.6   | |
5 Nov | HW due today |   | M10.7, 10.9, 10.12 |
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9 Nov | Euler's Angles and Equations | M11.7, 11.8   | |
11 Nov | Yet More Euler's Equations | M11.9, 11.11   | |
13 Nov | HW due today |   | M11.6, 11.7, 11.8, 11.11 |
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16 Nov | HW Explained |   | |
18 Nov | Oscillations + ODE's | M3.1-3.4; Appendix C   | |
19 Nov | HW due today |   | None! |
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23 Nov | Damped Harmonic Motion | M3.5-3.8; S10.1, S10.2   | |
25 Nov | Fourier Series | M3.9-3.10   | |
26 Nov | HW due today |   | M3.7, 3.13, 3.16, S10.2.4, S10.2.5, S10.2.8 |
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30 Nov | HW + Fourier Series II | M3.5-3.8; S10.1, S10.2   | |
2 Dec | Review |   | |
3 Dec | Test Chap's M3, 10, 11 |   | |
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7 Dec | Test 3 Sol's Explained |   | |
9 Dec | Semester Review |   |