| Month | Date | Day | Topic covered | Reading |
| January | 8 | M | Introduction, syllabus, exams etc. | |
| 10 | W | Dimensional Analysis I, MLT etc. importance of units, dimensional homogeneity | handout | |
| 12 | F | Dimensional Analysis I, MLT etc. importance of units, dimensional homogeneity | handout | |
| 15 | M | Martin Luther King Jr. Day | ||
| 17 | W | Vectors,Transformations (translation, rotation etc.) | Chapter 1.1 to 1.5 | |
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19 |
F | Vectors and Matrices | Chapter 1.6 to 1.9 |
| 22 | M | Dot and cross products | Chapter 1.10 to 1.12 | |
| 24 |
W |
Problems using the permutation tensor | Chapter 1.12 | |
| 26 |
F | permutation tensor continued, velocity and acceleration in polar coordinates | Chapter 1.13 to 1.14 | |
| 29 |
M | Gradient operator | Chapter 1.16 | |
| 31 | W | Vector integration | Chapter 1.17 | |
| February | 2 | F | Review and problems | Chapter 1.15, appendix F |
| 5 | M | Newton's laws, inertial frames, principle of equivalence | Chapter 2.1 to 2.4 | |
| 7 | W | In class Exam 1, Dimensions and Vectors | ||
| 9 | F | Circular motion | p.58 to 63 | |
| 12 |
M |
Velocity dependent retarding forces | p. 63 to 71 | |
| 14 |
W |
Projectile motion with retarding forces | p. 63 to 71 | |
| 16 |
F |
Transcendental equation, perturbation & numerical method | p. 63 to 71 | |
| 19 |
M | Work kinetic energy theorem, Conservative force fields, Conservation of linear momentum | Chapter 2.5 | |
| 21 | W | Elastic collisions in 1 D,change of reference frame | p. 345 - 349 & p. 356 - 362 | |
| 23 | F | The stranded astronaut problem | p. 345 - 349 & p. 356 - 362 | |
| 26 | M | Rocket motion with no external force | Chapter 9.11 | |
| 28 | W | Rocket motion with external force | Chapter 9.11 | |
| March |
2 | F | stability criteria | Chapter 2.6 |
| 5 | M | Review for exam 2 | ||
| 7 | W | In class Exam 2: Newton's law |
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| 9 |
F | no class |
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| 12 | M | spring break | ||
| 14 | W | spring break | ||
| 16 | F | spring break | ||
| 19 | M | Simple harmonic oscillator, total energy, time averages |
Chapter 3.1 to 3.2 |
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| 21 | W | Damped oscillator, decay of total energy |
Chapter 3.5 |
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| 23 | F | Damped and driven oscillator | Chapter 3.3, 3.4 | |
| 26 | M | Resonance |
Chapter 3.6 |
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| 28 | W | Kinetic
energy resonance, electrical analog (RLC circuit) |
Chapter 3.7 | |
| 30 |
F | electrical analog (RLC circuit), Linear operators and fourier
series |
Chapter 3.8 | |
| April |
2 | M | Fourier
series, square wave |
Chapter 3.8 |
| 4 |
W | Impulsive
response |
Chapter 3.9 | |
| 6 | F | Green's
function, curvilinear
coordinates |
Chapter 3.9 | |
| 9 |
M | gravitation |
Chapter 5.1 | |
| 11 | W | gravitation
potential |
Chapter 5.2 | |
| 13 | F | Gauss' Law | Chapter 5.2 | |
| 16 | M | equipotential
surfaces |
Chapter 5.3, 5.4 | |
| 18 | W | self energy |
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| 20 | F | ocean
tides |
Chapter 5.5 | |
| 23 | M | review |
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| 25 | W | review/intro
to nonlinear oscillator, activated switching |
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| May |
2 |
W |
Final exam 7:30 am - 9:30 am |
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