Weekly homework
Please, note that while some chapter-end problems will be assigned explicitly to be handed in,
the students are encouraged and expected to review and attempt the majority of the chapter-end problems
for the readings assigned on a weekly basis.
All Textbook references are to
An Introduction to Mechanics, second edition, by Daniel Kleppner and Robert Kolenkow.
Cambridge University Press, 2013.
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Before coming to class: review your Year 1 notes
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Week 1. Vectors. Components of motion. Polar coordinates.
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Week 2. Integration of kinematic equations.
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Week 3. Newton's Laws.
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Week 4. Momentum, work, energy
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- K&K2, Ch.3.7
- K&K2, Ch.4.1;4.6.
- K&K2, Ch.5.1-5.3.1; 5.6-5.7; 6.1-6.3.
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Week 5. A simple harmonic oscillator
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Week 6. Work, energy, momentum in 3D
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Week 7. Reading week
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Week 8. Conservation of energy and momentum.
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Week 9. Angular momentum.
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Week 10. Angular momentum, cont'd. Rigid body motion.
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Week 11. Non-intertial systems.
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- K&K2, Ch.8.
- Assignment 7, optional, solutions will be discussed in class April 9, 2018.
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Week 12. Fictitious forces. Review problems.
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