Wednesday 31 First day of our class

• Space and Time [1.1, 1.2]

• Newton's Laws [1.3, 1.4, 1.5]

• Newton in Cartesian and Cylindrical coordinates [1.6, 1.7]

• A charge in a magnetic field [2.5-2.7]

• Linear and Angular Momentum [3.1-3.5]

• Kinetic and Potential Energy [4.1, 4.2]

• Energy of interacting particles [4.9]

• Simple harmonic motion [5.1, 5.2]

• Damped oscillations [5.4]

• Fourier series [5.7]

• Calculus of variations [6.1, 6.2, 6.3]

• Generalized coordinates and degrees of freedom [7.2, 7.3]

• Lagrangian mechanics in action [7.5, 7.6, 7.7]

• Two bodies with central forces [8.1-8.4]

• Rotation of rigid bodies [10.1, 10.2]

• Rotating frames [9.3-9.7]

Wednesday 23 Final draft of 2nd 3-star problem due.

Thursday 24 Thanksgiving break, through 25 November

• Coupled oscillators - Lagrangian [11.4]

• The Hamiltonian

• Symmetries and conservation laws [7.8]

Monday 5 Last day of classes

Friday 9 1:00 PM Project presentations [Final exam slot]

• Phase space [13.6]

• Projects