Month |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
Sat |
Sun |
Outline |
Chapts |
September |
29 |
30 |
31 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Newtonian Mechanics, Variational Calculus |
|
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
Generalized Coordinates, Hamilton, Lagrange Eqn. |
|
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
Symmetries, Conservation, Central Force |
|
19 |
20 |
21 |
22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
Hamiltonian, Least Action, Canonical Transformation, Poisson Bracket |
|
October |
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26 |
27 |
28 |
29 |
30 |
1 |
2 |
Hamilton-Jacobi, Action-Angle, Adiabiatic Invariance, Liouville's Theorem |
|
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
Rigid Bodies, Tensors, Rotation |
|
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
Rigid Body Dynamics |
|
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
22 |
23 |
Linear Oscillations |
|
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
29 |
30 |
Non-linear Oscillations, Secular Perturbation |
|
November |
31 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
Non-linear Systems, Chaos, Lagrange Density |
|
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
Continuum Systems, Waves |
|
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
Stress-energy Tensor, Conservation Theorems |
|
21 |
22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
Field Theory |
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December |
28 |
29 |
30 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Field Theory |
|
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
Reading Period |
|
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
Final Exam December 18, 2-5 PM, room 154 |
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