TENTATIVE CALENDAR SYLLABUS, SPRING 2004, PHYSICS 5930 (as of 2/4/04)
                                                 MECHANICS, 3rd Ed. by Keith R. Symon
MONDAY               TUESDAY               WEDNESDAY               THURSDAY               FRIDAY
2NO CLASS
3NO CLASS
4 Feb 04 Intro., Text, Course Overview.Lect 1, Review.
Text: Chap. 1
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6 Lect. 1conc’d; 
Text: Ch.2-1,2
Lect. 2 1D Motion
9 Lecture 3. 
Text: Ch.2-3,4,5
F = F(x) Conservative Forces
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11 Continued
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13Lecture 4. Text: Ch.2-6,7,8
Diff. Eq’n Review(?)
16 Lect. 4/5. 
Text: Ch.2-9
Damped Harm. Oscillator
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18
Text: Ch.2-10,
Driven Harmonic Oscillator (Dr. Artz meeting conflict)
19
20 Lect. 6/7
Text: Ch.2-11
Impulsive Forces, Fourier Series, Greens Fcns.
23 Lecture8. 
Text: Ch.3-1,2,3
Motion of a Particle in 2 & 3D
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25 Lectures 9.
Text: Ch.3-4,5
3D Kinematics; Gradient.
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27 Lectures 10.Text: Ch.3-6
Divergence & Curl.
1 Mar 04Lecture 11.
Text: Ch.3-7,8,9
3D Applications
3 Lectures 11& 12.Text: Ch.3-10
3D Conservative Forces
4
5 TEST 1 - Closed Book
(Test 1 Open Book handed out)
8Lecture 12/13. Text: 3-11
Conservative Forces
9
10 Lecture 13. 
Text: 3-12
Conservative Forces Cont’d
11 
12 Lecture 14: 
Text: Ch.3-13
Central Forces
15 Lecture 14/15.
Text: 3-14
Central Force Summary
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17 Lecture 16. 
Text: 3-15
Inverse Square Force
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19 Lect. 17.
Text: 3-16
Conic Sections
22MID- 
(No Class Today)
23
24TERM
(No Class Today)
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26BREAK
(No Class Today)
29 Lecture 17/18. Text: 3-16
Rutherford Scat.
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31 Lect. 18. 
Text: 3-16
Motion of a Charged Particle in E&M F’ld
1 Apr 04 
2 Lecture 19
Text: 4-1,2
Motion of a System of Particles
6 Lectures 20.
Text: 4-3,4
Energy Conservation for a System of Particles
6
7 TEST 2 - Closed.
(Test 2 Open Book handed out)
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9EASTER BREAK TODAY NO CLASS
12 Lecture 21.
Text:4-5,6
System of Particles, Kinematics
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14 Lecture 22.
Text: 4-7
The Two-Body Problem
15
16Lecture 23 
Text: 4-8
Center of Mass Motion & 2-Body Scattering
19 Lectures 24
Text: 4-9
Rigid Bodies
20
21 Lecture 25.
Text: 4-10
Center of Mass and Moment of Inertia
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23 Continued.
26 Lecture 26.
Text: Ch. 5 (Partial)
Statics of Rigid Bodies
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28 Lecture 27
Text: Chap. 12 (Partial) Coupled Harmonic Osc
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3 May 03 
Lecture 28.
Text: Chap. 9 (Partial),Generalized Coordinates.
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Continued
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7 Lecture 29
Text: Ch. 9 Lagrangians
10Continued
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12Further Review, Oral Final Exam Schedule, Hand out Test 3 Open Book, Course Evaluation
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14Test 3Closed Book 

FINAL EXAM - 10:00 TO 12 NOON, MONDAY MORNING, MAY 17, 2004, RS 130