Physics 2a, Classical Mechanics

Professor: Ken Intriligator
5234 Mayer Hall
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Office Hours: W, 3-4pm
TA: Ted Stinson
Tutorial center
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Office Hours: by appointment. 

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A wealth of material can be found on Vivek Sharma's website from last year.

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Lecture Topics (and link to lecture notes) Homework
9/24 Introduction, ch 1  homework 1           
9/27 ch 1 and ch 2            
9/28 ch 2             
9/29 ch 2  HW 1 Solutions           
10/1 quiz 1  quiz 1 solutions           
10/4 ch 3  homework 2           
10/5 ch 3, continued   HW 2 solutions           
10/6 ch 3, continued             
10/8 quiz 2  quiz 2 solutions           
10/11 Newton's laws!  Homework 3           
10/12 Newton's laws, cont.            
10/13 slides from last year (not shown)  lecture summary Homework 3 solutions           
10/15 quiz 3 quiz 3solutions           
10/18 ch 5: more F=ma Homework 4          
10/19 Friction. Drag force. Circular motion.           
10/20 ch 5 continued HW 4 solutions          
10/22 quiz 4 quiz 4solutions           
10/25 Energy, work Homework 5          
10/26 Energy, work, continued           
10/27 More kinetic energy, work, springs. HW 5 Solutions          
10/29 Quiz 5 Quiz 5 Solutions          
11/1 Potential energy, etc. Homework 6          
11/2 Potential energy, etc. cont.           
11/3 Potential energy, etc. cont. HW 6 Solutions          
11/5 Quiz 6 solutions          
11/8 Momentum Homework 7          
11/9 Momentum, collisions           
11/10 collisions, center of mass, rockets HW 7 Solutions          
11/12 quiz 7 solutions          
11/15 Rotation (ch 9 and 10) Homework 8          
11/16 rotation cont.           
11/17 Rotation cont. HW 8 Solutions           
11/19 Quiz 8 (last one!) solutions          
11/22 Equilibrium (ch. 11) Homework 9          
11/23 Gravity (ch 12) HW 9 Solutions          
11/24 no class for rest of week, Thanksgiving           
11/29 Gravity, cont. Homework 10          
11/30 Orbital motion in gravity (ch 12). Start periodic motion (ch 13) HW 10 Solutions          
12/1 Periodic motion Homework 11          
12/3 Periodic motion cont. HW 11 Solutions          
12/8 Final exam (solutions)