PHYS 3344 Syllabus   F98

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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
     
24 Aug Intro, Evaluation, Newton's Laws, quizM1.1-1.3,2.1-2.4; S 7.1, 7.3-7.4  
26 Aug Ref frames, galilean relativity, gravity and latitudeM2.4-2.6, S 7.5-7.7 
     
31 Aug 1-particle energy, com, linear momentumM2.6, 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 energyM 9.4 - 9.5  
     
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  
     
14 Sep Rutherford ScatteringM9.9-9.10  
16 Sep Gravitation M5.1-5.4 
17 Sep HW due today   M9.13, 9.21, 9.22, 9.26
     
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
     
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!
     
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
     
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
     
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
     
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!
     
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
     
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
     
16 Nov HW Explained  
18 Nov Oscillations + ODE's M3.1-3.4; Appendix C  
19 Nov HW due today   None!
     
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
     
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  
     
7 Dec Test 3 Sol's Explained  
9 Dec Semester Review