Table of examination schedule

 

Examination name and weight in letter grade

Day and Date

Time and Classroom

Syllabus

First, 20%

Friday,

6th October 06

11:00 – 11:50 a.m.,

MH 4009

Chapters 1, 2 and 8          

 

 

 

 

Second, 20%

Friday,

17th November 06

11:00 – 11:50 a.m.,

MH 4009

Chapters 9, 3, and parts of 4

 

 

 

 

Final, 30%

Friday,

15th December 06

10:15 – 12:15 p.m.,

MH 4009

Entire course syllabus  

 

Table of course agenda

 

Week Of:

Topics   

Reading

Aug. 21

Survey of Elementary

Principles                        

Chapter 1          

 

 

 

Aug. 28

Variational Principles and

Lagrange’s Equations

Chapters 1 and 2  

 

 

 

Sept. 4

Variational Principles and

Lagrange’s Equations

Chapter 2  

 

 

 

Sept. 11

The Hamilton Equations of Motion

Chapter 8, sections 8.1, 8.2, 8.5, and 8.6  

 

 

 

Sept. 18

The Hamilton Equations of Motion

Chapter 8, sections 8.1, 8.2, 8.5, and 8.6  

 

 

 

Sept. 25

Canonical Transformations

and Poisson Brackets

Chapter 9

 

 

 

Oct. 2

The Central Force Problem

Chapter 3  

 

 

 

Oct. 9

The Central Force Problem

Chapter 3  

 

 

 

Oct. 16

The Central Force Problem

Chapter 3

 

 

 

Oct. 23

Kinematics of Rigid Body Motion 

Chapter 4 

 

 

 

Oct. 30

Kinematics of Rigid Body Motion 

Chapter 4

 

 

 

Nov. 6

Rigid body Equations of

Motion

Chapter 5

 

 

 

Nov. 13

Rigid body Equations of

Motion

Chapter 5  

 

 

 

Nov. 20

Rigid body Equations of

Motion

Chapter 5 

 

 

 

Nov. 27

Oscillations

Chapter 6

 

 

 

Dec. 4

Oscillations

Chapter 6