Day

Date

Today's Topic

Reading

Homework Due

Mon

27 Aug

Motion in 1D; "F=ma is a differential equation"

3-5; 4-4; 5-5

-

Thu

30 Aug

Vectors in 2D and Trajectories

2-2; 4-3

2M:6; 3P:7; 5E:49

Mon

3 Sep

No Classes (Labor Day)

-

Thu

6 Sep

Kinetic and potential energy; Line integrals

12-5; 11-5

2P:4; 4P:6

Mon

10 Sep

Circular motion and the conical pendulum

4-5; 5-4

-

Thu

13 Sep

Newton's theory of gravity; Circular orbits

14-6; 14-7

5M:5,8; 11E:25; 12E:31

Mon

17 Sep

Kepler's laws of planetary motion

Article; 10-1

-

Thu

20 Sep

The plane pendulum; Einstein's equivalence principle

17-5; 14-9

14M:10; 14E:16,32; 14P:8

Mon

24 Sep

Taylor series & applications; Simple harmonic motion

Notes; 17-3

17E:26,30

Thu

27 Sep

Midterm Exam #1 (through 20 Sep)

-

Mon

1 Oct

Damped harmonic motion; Resonance

17-8

-

Thu

4 Oct

Momentum, particles, and rigid bodies

6-3; 7-4

17E:52; 17P:12,26

Tue

9 Oct

Vectors in 3D; Rotational kinematics and dynamics

8-6; 9-3

-

Thu

11 Oct

Angular momentum

10-3

7P:6; 8M:8; 9E:29; 9P:16

Mon

15 Oct

Fluid statics and dynamics

15-3; 16-3

-

Thu

18 Oct

Fluid flow and vector fields

Notes; 16-5

10P:8; 15M:8; 15P:12; 16E:12

Mon

22 Oct

Coupled harmonic oscillators

Notes

16E:26

Thu

25 Oct

Midterm Exam #2 (through 18 Oct)

-

Mon

29 Oct

Wave motion

18-3; 18-5

-

Thu

1 Nov

Standing waves; Sound waves

18-9; 19-3

18M:1,6

Mon

5 Nov

A Look Ahead: Electromagnetism and light

Notes; 5-7

-

Thu

8 Nov

Special relativity; The Lorentz Transformation

20-4; Exercise

18P:9,21; 19P:6

Mon

12 Nov

Temperature and the Ideal Gas

21-5

-

Thu

15 Nov

Kinetic theory; White dwarf stars

Notes; 22-4

20M:5,6,7; 21E:12,38

Mon

19 Nov

Heat and the First Law of Thermodynamics

23-5; 23-6

22P:9

Thu

22 Nov

No Classes (Thanksgiving)

-

Mon

26 Nov

Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics

24-3; 24-9

23E:25,33

Thu

29 Nov

Midterm Exam #3 (through 19 Nov)

-

Mon

3 Dec

The Principle of Least Action

Notes

-

Thu

6 Dec

Course review

24M:7,10; 24P:4,5