PHYS 3053---PHYSICAL MECHANICS II (Autumn 2020)

     

Syllabus (PDF)

Table of Contents (PDF)

    Week 1 (August 24--August 28)

Topic of this Week: Harmonic Oscillator

Problem Set 1 (PDF)

Lecture 1 (Mon) (PDF)

Lecture 2 (Wed) (PDF)

Lecture 3 (Fri) (PDF)

    Week 2 (August 31--September 04)

Topic of this Week: Harmonic Oscillator

Problem Set 2 (PDF)

Lecture 4 (Mon) (PDF)

Lecture 5 (Wed) (PDF)

Lecture 6 (Fri) (PDF)

    Week 3 (September 07--September 11)

Topic of this Week: Lagrangian Dynamics

Problem Set 3 (PDF)

Labor Day, Sep 07 (Mon)

Lecture 7, Sep 09 (Wed) (PDF)

Lecture 8, Sep 11 (Fri) (PDF)

    Week 4 (September 14--September 18)

Topic of this Week: Lagrangian Dynamics

Problem Set 4 (PDF)

Lecture 9, Sep 14 (Mon) (PDF)

Lecture 10, Sep 16 (Mon) (PDF)

Lecture 11, Sep 18 (Mon) (PDF)

    Week 5 (September 21--September 25)

Topic of this Week: Lagrangian Dynamics and Hamiltonian Dynamics

Problem Set 5 (PDF)

Lecture 12, Sep 21 (Mon) (PDF)

Lecture 13, Sep 23 (Wed) (PDF)

Lecture 14, Sep 25 (Fri) (PDF)

    Week 6 (September 28--October 02)

Topics of this Week: Hamiltonian Dynamics; Two-Body Systems with Central Forces

Problem Set 6 (PDF)

Lecture 15, Sep 28 (Mon) (PDF)

Lecture 16, Sep 30 (Wed) (PDF)

Lecture 17, Oct 02 (Fri) (PDF)

    Week 7 (October 05--October 09)

Topics of this Week: Two-Body Systems with Central Forces

Lecture 18, Oct 05 (Mon) (PDF)

Lecture 19, Oct 07 (Wed) (PDF)

Lecture 20, Oct 09 (Fri) (PDF)

    Week 8 (October 12--October 16)

Topics of this Week: Two-Body Systems with Central Forces

Lecture 21, Oct 12 (Mon) (PDF)

Lecture 22, Oct 14 (Wed) (PDF)

Midterm Exam, Oct 16 (Fri), 3:20pm--5:30 pm

    Week 9 (October 19--October 23)

Topics of this Week: Two-Body Systems with Central Forces

Problem Set 7 (PDF)

Lecture 23, Oct 19 (Mon) (PDF)

Lecture 24, Oct 21 (Wed) (PDF)

Lecture 25, Oct 23 (Fri) (PDF)

    Week 10 (October 26--October 30)

Topics of this Week: Many-Body Systems and Rotation of a Rigid Body

Problem Set 8 (PDF)

Lecture 26, Oct 26 (Mon) (PDF)

Ice Storm in Norman, Oct 28 (Wed)

Lecture 27, Oct 30 (Fri) (PDF)

    Week 11 (November 02--November 06)

Topics of this Week: Rotation of a Rigid Body

Problem Set 9 (PDF)

Lecture 28, Nov 02 (Mon) (PDF)

Lecture 29, Nov 04 (Wed) (PDF)

Lecture 30, Nov 06 (Fri) (PDF)

    Week 12 (November 09--November 13)

Topics of this Week: Rotation of a Rigid Body

Lecture 31, Nov 09 (Mon) (PDF)

Lecture 32, Nov 11 (Wed) (PDF)

Lecture 33, Nov 13 (Fri) (PDF)

    Week 13 (November 16--November 20)

Topics of this Week: Rotation of a Rigid Body

Lecture 34, Nov 16 (Mon) (PDF)

Lecture 35, Nov 18 (Wed) (PDF)

Lecture 36, Nov 20 (Fri) (PDF)

    Week 14 (November 23--November 27): Happy Thanksgiving!

    Week 15 (November 30--December 04)

Topics of this Week: Special Relativity}

Problem Set 10 (PDF)

Lecture 37, Nov 30 (Mon) (PDF)

Lecture 38, Dec 02 (Wed) (PDF)

Lecture 39, Dec 04 (Fri) (PDF)

    Week 16 (Dec 07--December 11)

Topics of this Week: Special Relativity}

Lecture 40, Dec 07 (Mon) (PDF)

Lecture 41, Dec 09 (Wed) (PDF)

Lecture 42, Dec 11 (Fri) (PDF)