PHYS 331 - Advanced Classical Mechanics

Instructor: Ben Vollmayr-Lee

Contact: Olin 168, ben.vollmayr-lee@, x7-3106

Office Hours: Whenever you find me (check my schedule to see when I'm around)

Text: John Taylor, Classical Mechanics.

Course Materials: Syllabus

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Exams

• Solutions: Exam 1 | Exam 2 | Exam 3
• Last Year's Exam 1: blank | with solutions
• Last Year's Exam 2: blank | with solutions
• Last Year's Exam 3: blank | with solutions
• Last Year's Final Exam: blank | with solutions Note: Last year unit 4 was on continuum mechanics rather than hamiltonian mechanics, so disregard problems 1, 5, and 6.

Homework

No. Due Problems 1. Aug 26 1.24, 1.26, 1.41, 1.45 solns 2. Aug 29 2.5, 2.8, 2.23, 2.35 solns 3. Aug 31 3.5, 3.17, 3.31, 3.35 solns 4. Sep 2 4.3, 4.12, 4.22, 4.28 solns 5. Sep 5 7 4.28, 5.5, 5.20, 5.23 solns 6. Sep 7 5.35, 5.40, 5.41 solns 7. Sep 9 12 12.1, 12.3, 12.6 solns 8. Sep 12 12.12, Problem A solns 9. Sep 14 Problems B, C & D solns 10. Sep 21 12.23, 12.24 solns 11. Sep 23 12.26, 12.29, 12.30 solns 12. Sep 26 Problem E, 6.3, 6.6 solns 13. Sep 28 6.7, 6.9, 6.20, 6.21 solns 14. Sep 30 7.1, 7.2, 7.4, 7.8 solns 15. Oct 3 7.10, 7.11, 7.15, 7.16 solns 16. Oct 5 7.22, 7.23, 7.29 solns 17. Oct 7 7.37, 7.46 solns 18. Oct 14 7.50, 7.52 solns 19. Oct 14 8.1, 8.5, 8.9 solns 20. Oct 17 8.12, 8.14 solns

No. Due Problems 21. Oct 19 8.18, 8.20, 8.30 solns 22. Oct 26 9.2, 9.3, 9.4 solns 23. Oct 28 9.7, 9.8, 9.9, 9.10 solns 24. Oct 31 9.13, 9.26, 9.29 solns 25. Nov 2 9.34, 10.5, 10.6 solns 26. Nov 4 10.11, 10.19, 10.25 solns 27. Nov 7 10.31, 10.33, 10.35 solns 28. Nov 9 Problem H, 10.39, 10.40, 10.42 solns 29. Nov 11 10.45, 10.46, 10.48 solns 30. Nov 14 10.51, 10.54, 10.56 solns 31. Nov 16 11.2, 11.5, 11.6 solns 32. Nov 30 11.15, 11.19, 11.28 solns 33. Nov 30 13.5, 13.9, 13.15 solns 34. Dec 2 13.21, 13.25, Problem J solns 35. Dec 5 13.27, 13.36, 13.37 solns

Schedule

Dates	Topics	Reading
Aug 24 - 31	Newton's Laws	Chs 1 - 4
Sep 2 - 7	Oscillations	Ch 5
Sep 7 - 14	Nonlinear Mechanics and Chaos	Ch 12
Fri, Sep 16	Exam 1
Sep 19 - 21	Variational Calculus	Ch 6
Sep 23 - Oct 5	Lagrangian Mechanics	Ch 7
Oct 7 - 19	Central Force Problems	Ch 8
Fri, Oct 21	Exam 2
Oct 24 - 28	Noninertial Frames	Ch 9
Oct 28 - Nov 9	Rigid Body Motion	Ch 10
Nov 11 - 16	Coupled Oscillations	Ch 11
Fri, Nov 18	Exam 3
Nov 21 - Dec 5	Hamiltonian Mechanics	Ch 13
Dec 15, 8am	Final Exam

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