Please, note that while some of the chapter-end problems will be assigned explicitly, the students are encouraged and expected to review and attempt the majority of the chapter-end problems in the book 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.

Before coming to class: review your Year 1 notes

• PHYS 1P21/1P91
• PPLATO also contains useful review links

Week 1. Vectors. Components of motion. Polar coordinates.

• K&K2, Ch.1.1-1.6,1.11
• Assignment 1, due 2024-09-19.

Week 2. Integration of kinematic equations.

• K&K2, Ch.1.7-1.10

Week 3. Newton's Laws.

• K&K2, Ch.2
• K&K2, Ch.3.4-3.6.
• Assignment 2, due 2022-10-03.

Week 4. Momentum, work, energy

• 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.

Week 5. A simple harmonic oscillator

• K&K2, Ch.11
• Assignment 3, due 2024-10-21.