Prof. Douglas Fields
Email: fields@unm.edu
Office: PAIS 3220
Monday, Wednsday, Friday 12:00 - 12:50, PAIS 1140.
Textbook for the class
John R. Taylor, Classical Mechanics
Instructor
Before or after class times, or during problem sessions (see below).
Grader
The grader is Brandon Stone and can be reached via email at bstone898@unm.edu
The grading in the course will be based on your performance on four midterm exams (best 3/4 exams) your homework grade, and the final exam grade.
Homework is due (once per chapter) before class on the day it is due (see below for schedule).
Listed officially as PHYS 313 001, will take place in PAIS 1140, Tuesdays, 1300-1350.
Week/Lec.# | Date | Before Class Reading | Homework (Due before class) | Subject |
1/1 | Mon. 08/22 | Chapter 1 | Introduction | |
1/2 | Wed. 08/24 | Chapter 1 | |
Newton's Laws and Conservation of Momentum |
1/3 | Fri. 08/26 | Chapter 1 | |
Newton's Laws and Conservation of Momentum |
2/4 | Mon. 08/29 | Chapter 2 | Set 1: 1.10, 1.17, 1.19, 1.29, 1.30, 1.35, 1.38, 1.39, 1.46, 1.49 |
Air Resistance and Drag forces |
2/5 | Wed. 08/31 | Chapter 2 | |
Air Resistance and Drag forces |
2/6 | Fri. 09/02 | Chapter 2 | |
Motion of a Charge in a Magnetic Field |
Mon. 09/05 | Labor Day | |||
3/7 | Wed. 09/07 | Chapters 1 and 2 | Set 2: 2.4, 2.6, 2.12, 2.13, 2.18, 2.19, 2.23, 2.27, 2.33, 2.39, 2.47, 2.53 | Review and work problems |
Fri. 09/09 | Chapters 1 and 2 | Exam 1 | ||
4/8 | Mon. 09/12 | Chapter 3 | |
Conservation of Momentum and Center of Mass |
4/9 | Wed. 09/14 | Chapter 3 | |
Conservation of Momentum and Center of Mass |
4/10 | Fri. 09/16 | Chapter 3 | |
Conservation of Angular Momentum |
5/11 | Mon. 09/19 | Chapter 4 | Set 3: 3.2, 3.4, 3.8, 3.12, 3.14, 3.22, 3.25, 3.30, 3.32, 3.34 | Kinetic and Potential Energy |
5/12 | Wed. 09/21 | Chapter 4 | |
Usefulness of Potential Energy 1 |
5/13 | Fri. 09/23 | Chapter 4 | |
Usefulness of Potential Energy 2 |
6/14 | Mon. 09/26 | Chapter 4 | |
Usefulness of Potential Energy 3 |
6/15 | Wed. 09/28 | Chapters 3 and 4 Review and work problems | Set 4: 4.2, 4.4, 4.8, 4.12, 4.18, 4.24, 4.25, 4.28, 4.30, 4.34, 4.36, 4.44, 4.48 | Review and work problems |
Fri. 09/30 | Chapters 3 and 4 | Exam 2 | ||
7/15 | Mon. 10/03 | Ch. 1-4 | |
Review |
7/16 | Wed. 10/05 | Ch. 1-4 | |
Review |
7/15 | Fri. 10/07 | Chapter 5 | |
Hooke's Law and Simple Harmonic Motion |
7/16 | Mon. 10/10 | Chapter 5 | |
Damped Oscillations |
7/17 | Wed. 10/12 | Chapter 5 | |
Driven Oscillations and Resonance |
Fri. 10/14 | Fall Break | |||
8/18 | Mon. 10/17 | Chapter 5 | |
Resonance |
8/19 | Wed. 10/19 | Chapter 5 | |
Fourier Transformations |
9/20 | Fri. 10/21 | Chapter 5 | Set 5: 5.2, 5.4, 5.8, 5.10, 5.16, 5.19, 5.22, 5.26, 5.28, 5.30, 5.34, 5.42, 5.44, 5.48, 5.49 |
Review and work problems |
Mon. 10/24 | Chapters 1 - 5 | |
Exam 3 | |
9/21 | Wed. 10/26 | Chapter 6 | Euler-Lagrange Equation | |
9/23 | Fri. 10/28 | Chapter 6 | |
Euler-Lagrange Equation |
10/24 | Mon. 10/31 | Chapter 6 | |
Applcations and multi-dimensions |
10/25 | Wed. 11/02 | Chapter 6 | |
Applcations and multi-dimensions |
10/26 | Fri. 11/04 | Chapter 6 | |
Review and work problems |
11/27 | Mon. 11/07 | Chapter 7 | Set 6: 6.1, 6.4, 6.6, 6.10, 6.16, 6.18, 6.20, 6.23, 6.25 |
Lagrange's equations with unconstrained motion |
11/28 | Wed. 11/09 | Chapter 7 | |
Constrained systems and generalized coordinates |
12/29 | Fri. 11/11 | Chapter 7 | |
Constrained systems and generalized coordinates |
12/30 | Mon. 11/14 | Chapter 7 | |
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12/31 | Wed. 11/16 | Chapter 7 | |
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13/32 | Fri. 11/18 | Chapter 7 | Examples | |
13/33 | Mon. 11/21 | Chapter 7 | Review and work problems | |
13/34 | Wed. 11/23 | Chapter 7 | Set 7: 7.3, 7.8, 7.10, 7.12, 7.14, 7.16, 7,20, 7.22, 7.26, 7.28, 7.29, 7.34, 7.37, 7.40 |
Review and Work Problems |
Fri. 11/25 | Thanksgiving Break | |||
14/35 | Mon. 11/28 | Chapter 7 | |
Conservation Laws and Noether's Theorem |
14/36 | Wed. 11/30 | Chapter 7 | |
Magnetic Forces and Lagrange Multipliers |
15/37 | Fr1. 12/02 | Chapter 7 | |
Review and Work Problems |
15/38 | Mon. 12/05 | Chapter 7 | |
Review and Work Problems |
15/38 | Wed. 12/07 | Chapter 7 | |
Review and Work Problems |
Fri. 12/09 | Chapters 6 and 7 | Set 8: 7.45, 7.46, 7.48, 7.49, 7.50, 7.52 |
Exam 4 | |
? | Chapters 1 - 7 | |
Final Exam |