Tentative Lecture plan, physics 185 Winter 2012

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  • 4 Jan. Introduction
  • 6 Jan. [1] Review: vectors, reference frames,
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  • 9 Jan. [2] Force with given velocity dependence
  • 11 Jan. *[3]momentum and angular momentum.
  • 13 Jan. [4] force with given position dependence, energy
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  • 16 Jan. no class
  • 18 Jan. * [handout] statics and extremal energy
  • 20 Jan. [6] Calculus of variations: Euler Lagrange equations
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  • 23 Jan. "
  • 25 Jan. * [7] Hamilton's principle and Lagrange equations
  • 27 Jan. "
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  • 30 Jan. "
  • 1 Feb. midterm in class
  • 3 Feb. [8] 2-body central force systems
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  • 6 Feb. "
  • 8 Feb. * "
  • 10 Feb. no class
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  • 13 Feb. [9] non-inertial co-ordinate frames
  • 15 Feb. * ", rotating frames
  • 17 Feb. "
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  • 20 Feb. [10.1-10.8, Appendix A.1] Rigid body motion
  • 22 Feb. * "
  • 24 Feb. "
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  • 27 Feb. " [13] canonical co-ordinates and Hamiltonian mechanics
  • 29 Feb. *
  • 2 Mar. "
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  • 5 Mar. "
  • 7 Mar. * "
  • 9 Mar reading period
    * Problem set due in class