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PHY 4222 - Mechanics II
Spring Term 2002
Time and Place: MWF Period 7 (1:55-2:45 p.m.),
1101 New Physics Building (NPB).
Final Exam: Wednesday, May 1, 5:30-7:30 p.m. in
1101 New Physics Building (NPB).
Instructor: Alan
Dorsey
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Phone: 392-4031
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Secretary: Donna Balkcom, 2152 NPB
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Email: dorsey@phys.ufl.edu
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Office hours: Thursday and Friday, Periods 3 and 4
(9:35-11:30 a.m.). If these hours are inconvenient,
you can see me by making an appointment; first check my
schedule,
and then send e-mail or phone me with a suggested time; I will
confirm the appointment.
Textbook: The required text is
J. B. Marion and S. T. Thornton, Classical Dynamics of Particles
and Systems, Fourth Edition (Harcourt Brace & Company, 1995).
The Student Solutions Manual, Fourth Edition, by S. T. Thornton,
is optional.
Prerequisites: Physics 3221 or Physics 2060-2061-3062-3063. A
course in differential equations is highly recommended.
Synopsis: This is the second of a two semester sequence on
classical mechanics for undergraduate physics majors. Physics 4222 will
cover approximately Chapters 6-12 of Marion and Thornton.
Material to be covered includes kinematics in different coordinate systems,
calculus of variations and variational principles, Lagrangian and
Hamiltonian mechanics, central force motion (including the Kepler problem
and Rutherford scattering), motion in noninertial frames (centrifugal
and Coriolis forces), dynamics of rigid bodies (conservation of
angular momentum, inertia tensor, gyroscopes and tops, Euler's
equations), elementary treatment of coupled oscillators. Time permitting,
we may cover some material on nonlinear oscillators and chaos.
Homework: There will be approximately one homework
assignment per week, due on Fridays; there will not be homework due
during weeks when we have an exam, so there will be about 11
assignments. Each assignment will consist of about 4 fairly
challenging problems. You may collaborate with
others on the problems, but you must make a note of your collaborators
(just as if you were writing a scientific paper). Noting your collaborators
does not in any way detract from your grade. However, each problem set
must be written individually-do not simply copy your collaborator's
solutions verbatim (this will be considered a form of plagiarism).
Please have mercy on your grader and make your solutions neat, concise,
and intelligible. Solutions which are seriously lacking in any of
these categories will be marked down, even if they are ostensibly
``correct.'' As a rule,
late assignments will not be accepted
without the prior consent of the instructor.
Exams: In addition to the homework assignments, there will
be two quizzes in class, tentatively scheduled for February 22 and
April 5, along with the final exam, scheduled for May 1. Each quiz will
consist of two worked problems (variations on the homework), and the
final will consist of four worked problems. Further details about the exam
formats will be posted here.
Grading: The homework is 40% of your grade, the quizzes
15% each, and the final is 30%.
Here is a guideline for your final grade, as a
percentage of the total number of points (scaled as above): 80-100,
A; 70-79, B+; 60-69, B; 55-59, C+; 50-54, C; 45-49, D+; 40-44, D; below
40, E. The course grades are not curved.
Holidays (no classes): Martin Luther King Jr. Day (January 21);
spring break (March 4-8).
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