PHYSICS 35100D Spring 2023 (MR417S) MW 2:00-3:40
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Current version: syllabus.pdf Professor: Mark Shattuck (markdshattuck@gmail.com) Office: Steinman Hall
T1M-16 x8161, (MR419) Office Hours: M 4:00-6:00
(MR419) (or by App.) |
Textbook:
R. Douglas Gregory. Classical
Mechanics,
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ccny-ebooks/detail.action?docID=255140 |
1/25(W)
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Overview, Vectors, Linear Algebra, |
G: Ch 1-2 |
1/30, 2/1
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G: Ch
3-4; PSet 1: Due 2/6 |
2/6, 2/8
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G: Ch
5-6; PSet 2: Due 2/15 |
2/15(W)
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Linear oscillations, Non-linear oscillations |
G: Ch 7-8;
PSet 3: Due 2/21 |
2/20, 2/21(Tu), 2/22
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Many-Body, Conservation |
G: Ch
9-11; PSet 4: Due 2/27 |
2/27, 3/1
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Review |
Exam I
(3/1) G: Ch 1-11 |
3/6, 3/8
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Calculus of Variations, Lagrangian
mechanics |
G: Ch
12-13; PSet 5: Due 3/13 |
3/13, 3/15
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Lagrangian mechanics |
G:Ch 12-13 PSet 6: Due 3/20 |
3/20, 3/22
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Coupled oscillations |
G:Ch 15 PSet 7: Due 3/27 |
3/27, 3/29
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Review |
Exam II
(3/29) G:12-15 |
4/3 (M)
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Two-body central force problem |
Notes PSet 8: Due 4/17 |
4/17, 4/19
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Rigid body kinetics |
G:Ch 16 PSet 9: Due 4/24 |
4/24, 4/26
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Non-inertial reference frames |
G:Ch 17-18 PSet 10: Due 5/1 |
5/1, 5/3
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Rigid body dynamics |
G:Ch 19 PSet 11: Due 5/8 |
5/8, 5/10
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Hamiltonian mechanics, Choas |
G:Ch 14 |
Final Exam (TBA)
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G:1-13,
15-19, Two-body central force |
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No Class
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2/13,
4/5-4/13 (spring recess) |
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Special Class
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2/21 (Tu->M),
2/6, 2/8, 3/6, 3/8 (Class online) |
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General Information
Attendance: 5% of grade from class
participation.
Grades: Grade will be based on class participation (5%), two in class exams (30%),
an in class final exam (30%), and weekly
problem sets (35%). The problem set can be legibly
handwritten or typed, but must be submitted electronically as a PDF
file to on Blackboard.
Academic
Integrity and Plagiarism: The CCNY
Policy on Academic Integrity will be strictly adhered to. The document
entitled, “CUNY Policy on Academic Integrity” is available from the link at the
bottom of the CCNY Home Page. Make sure you have read the details regarding
plagiarism and cheating, and be clear about the rules that the college follows.
Cases where academic integrity is compromised will be prosecuted to the fullest
extent according to these rules.