Classical Mechanics (Graduate or Senior)

Physics 505-01: Advanced Dynamics at Mexico Tech


Instructor: Prof. David Jeffery, Workman Center Rm 349, Tel: 505-835-5610, Email: jeffery@kestrel.nmt.edu, Office Hours: MTRF 2:00--4:00 pm (Make an appointment if you need to see the instructor for sure.)
Class: MWF 9:00--9:50 am, Workman Center Rm 352
Text: Goldstein, Poole, & Safko "Classical Mechanics," 3rd Edition (common name Goldstein)
Homeworks: Irregular assignment and due dates.

Newton of the Principia


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Tentative Schedule, Homeworks, and Solutions: 2001 Fall

The schedule below is just a template from another class. The real schedule evolves as we go.

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Week of       Chapters and Sections Covered
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August 21     Chapt.  1:  Measurement, Significant Figures     1 lectures
              Chapt.  2:  Motion in One Dimension              2 lectures
               Homework 1  
               Homework 1 Solutions 


August 27     Chapt.  3:  Vectors                              2 lectures
              Chapt.  4:  Motion in 2 and 3 Dimensions         2 lectures
               Homework 2 
               Homework 2 Solutions 


September 3   Chapt.  5:  Force and Motion I                   3 lectures
               Homework 3 
               Solutions to Homework 3 
              Labor Day:  Sept. 3 Monday
              Registration closes:  Sept. 7 Friday


September 10  Chapt.  6:  Force and Motion II                  3 lectures 
               Homework 4 
               Solutions to Homework 4 
              Class Test 1:  Sept. 12 Wednesday
               Solutions to Test 1 


September 17  Chapt.  7:  Kinetic Energy and Work               2 lectures
              Chapt.  8:  Potential Energy and Energy Conservation   2 lectures
               Homework 5 
               Solutions to Homework 5 


September 24  Chapt.  9:  Systems of Particles                 2 lectures
              Chapt. 10:  Collisions and Momentum Conservation   2 lectures
               Homework 6 
               Solutions to Homework 6 


October 1     Chapt. 11:  Rotation                             3 lectures 
               Homework 7 
               Solutions to Homework 7 


October 8     Chapt. 12:  Torque and Angular Momentum          3 lectures 
               Homework 8 
               Solutions to Homework 8 
              Class Test 2:  Oct. 10 Wednesday
               Test 2 Solutions 


October 15    Chapt. 13:  Equilibrium and Elasticity           2 lectures  
              Chapt. 14:  Gravitation                          2 lectures
               Homework 9 
               Solutions to Homework 9 


October 22    Chapt. 38:  Special Relativity                   3 lectures 
               Homework 10 
               Solutions to Homework 10 


October 29    Chapt. 38:  Special Relativity                   3 lectures 
               Homework 11 
               Solutions to Homework 11 
              W deadline:  Oct. 3 Tuesday:  last day to withdraw with W 


November 5    Chapt. 16:  Oscillations                        3 lectures
               Homework 12 
               Solutions to Homework 12 
              Class Test 3:  Nov. 7 Wednesday
               Test 3 Solutions 


November 12   Chapt. 17:  Waves I                             2 lectures
              Chapt. 18:  Waves II                            2 lectures
               Homework 13 
               Solutions to Homework 13 


November 19   Chapt. 19:  Thermodynamics I                    1 lectures
              Chapt. 20:  Thermodynamics II                   2 lectures
               Homework 14 
               Solutions to Homework 14 
              Thanksgiving Holiday:  Nov. 22--23 Thursday--Friday

November 26   Chapt. 21:  Thermodynamics III                  3 lectures
               Homework 15 
               Solutions to Homework 15 


December 3    Catching up and review                          3 lectures
               Homework 16 
               Solutions to Homework 16 


December 10   Comprehensive Final
              Date: ???
              Time: ???
              Location: ???
              Duration 3 hours

December ???  Grades will be submitted to Registrar at ???. 
              Queries to the instructor about grades must be made prior
              to submission:   the earlier, the better.