# Teaching schedule with links to material ### Week 2, January 11-15, 2021 This week is meant as a review and reading week. There are no lectures but we have, in addition to videos to watch, some simple recommendations on material to review. Note that we will start with these topics on Wednesday the 20th. If you don't have the possibility to look this material prior to our first lecture, a good fraction of this material is discussed during the first lecture. - Introduction to the course and reminder on vectors, space, time and motion, JRT chapters 1.2 and 1.3 and lecture notes (https://mhjensen.github.io/Physics321/doc/pub/week2/html/week2.html). Watch the video at https://mediaspace.msu.edu/media/t/1_zzl90pfu - Python programming reminder, elements from CMSE 201 and how they are used in this course. Installing software (anaconda). See slides at https://mhjensen.github.io/Physics321/doc/pub/week2/html/week2.html). - Introduction to Git and GitHub/GitLab. Watch the video at https://mediaspace.msu.edu/media/t/1_8mgx3cyf For solving this exercise, AMS chapters 2 and 4 are very useful as review material. First homework set is available and due Monday January 25. See https://mhjensen.github.io/Physics321/doc/web/course.html (scroll down to homework 1). Parts of the homework will be discussed next week (Friday 22). ### Week 3, January 18-22, 2021 - Monday 1/18: MLK day, no lecture - Wednesday 1/20: Getting started and overview of course. JRT chapters 1.2 and 1.3 and lecture notes (https://mhjensen.github.io/Physics321/doc/pub/week2/html/week2.html). AMS chapters 2 and 4 are very useful. 1st homework due January 25. Video of Lecture at https://mediaspace.msu.edu/media/t/1_xwtfo4i1 (some minor problems in the beginning of video). - Friday 1/22: Forces and Newton's laws of motion. Free fall problems. JRT chapter 1.4 and lecture notes (https://mhjensen.github.io/Physics321/doc/pub/week3/html/week3.html). AMS chapters 2 and 4 are very useful Homework 1 is due on January 25 (Monday). Video of lecture at https://mediaspace.msu.edu/media/t/1_ajqd2f42. Handwritten notes at https://github.com/mhjensen/Physics321/blob/master/doc/HandWrittenNotes/Spring2021/NotesJan22.pdf - Solution to homeworks are in https://d2l.msu.edu/ and are posted here as well. ### Week 4, January 25-29, 2021 - Monday 1/25: Motion and forces, Newton's laws, examples, 2nd homework, due February 1. Video of lecture at https://mediaspace.msu.edu/media/t/1_7pyc0yts and handwritten notes at https://github.com/mhjensen/Physics321/blob/master/doc/HandWrittenNotes/Spring2021/NotesJan25.pdf - Wednesday 1/27: Motion and forces, Newton's laws, examples Video of lecture https://mediaspace.msu.edu/media/t/1_k2acom08 and handwritten notes at https://github.com/mhjensen/Physics321/blob/master/doc/HandWrittenNotes/Spring2021/NotesJan27.pdf - Friday 1/29: Motion and forces, Newton's laws, examples. Video of lecture https://mediaspace.msu.edu/media/t/1_ieaw1a6y and handwritten notes at https://github.com/mhjensen/Physics321/blob/master/doc/HandWrittenNotes/Spring2021/NotesJan29.pdf - Solution to homeworks are in https://d2l.msu.edu/ - Good reads are Taylor chapters 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 2.1-2.4 and AMS chapters 4.2 and 5 - Solutions to homework 1 at https://github.com/mhjensen/Physics321/blob/master/doc/src/Homeworks/Solutions/solutionhw1.ipynb and videos at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLq9LZ5390Us41TX42XzOPIEPcbHaqX8Hx ### Week 5, February 1-5, 2021 - Monday 2/1: We discuss various forces and their pertinent equations of motion. Recommended reading: Taylor 2.1-2.4. Malthe-Sørenssen chapter 6-7 contains many examples. We will cover in particular a falling object in two dimensions with linear air resistance relevant for homework 3, due February 8. Video of lecture at https://mediaspace.msu.edu/media/t/1_smo1913z and handwritten notes at https://github.com/mhjensen/Physics321/blob/master/doc/HandWrittenNotes/Spring2021/NotesFeb1.pdf - Wednesday 2/3: We discuss other force models with examples such as the gravitational force and a spring force. See Malthe-Sørenssen chapter 7.3-7.5. We start also our discussion of nergy and work, see Taylor 4.1 Video of lecture at https://mediaspace.msu.edu/media/t/1_raywhcdx and handwritten notes at https://github.com/mhjensen/Physics321/blob/master/doc/HandWrittenNotes/Spring2021/NotesFeb3.pdf. Julie's notes are at https://github.com/mhjensen/Physics321/blob/master/doc/HandWrittenNotes/Spring2021/JulieNotesHW2.pdf - Friday 2/5: We discuss several examples of energy and work. Taylor 4.1-4.3. Video of lecture at https://mediaspace.msu.edu/media/t/1_rtcxs5op and handwritten notes at https://github.com/mhjensen/Physics321/blob/master/doc/HandWrittenNotes/Spring2021/NotesFeb5.pdf Solution hw 2 for coding part as Jupyter notebook: https://github.com/mhjensen/Physics321/blob/master/doc/src/Homeworks/Solutions/solutionhw2.ipynb Solution for analytical part as handwritten note (exercises 1-5): https://github.com/mhjensen/Physics321/blob/master/doc/src/Homeworks/Solutions/SolutionHW2Spring2021.pdf ### Week 6, February 8-12, 2021 - Monday 2/8: More on Conservation laws, momentum conservation, 4th homework, due February 15 - Wednesday 2/10: Examples of applications of conservation laws, angular momentum conservation. Video of lecture at https://mediaspace.msu.edu/media/t/1_ff1x7fjr and handwritten notes at https://github.com/mhjensen/Physics321/blob/master/doc/HandWrittenNotes/Spring2021/NotesFeb10.pdf - Friday 2/12: Conservation laws and further examples. Video of lecture at https://mediaspace.msu.edu/media/t/1_98lgx23c and handwritten notes at https://github.com/mhjensen/Physics321/blob/master/doc/HandWrittenNotes/Spring2021/NotesFeb12.pdf - Good reads are Taylor sections 3.1-3.5 and 4.1-4.3 and AMS chapters 10-14. Solution hw 3 as Jupyter notebook at: https://github.com/mhjensen/Physics321/blob/master/doc/src/Homeworks/Solutions/solutionhw3.ipynb ### Week 7, February 15-19, 2021 - Monday 2/15: Conservation laws. Introducing the Velocity Verlet algorithm and the Earth Sun problem, 5th homework due February 22. Video of lecture at https://mediaspace.msu.edu/media/t/1_mgqtt4lm and handwritten notes at https://github.com/mhjensen/Physics321/blob/master/doc/HandWrittenNotes/Spring2021/NotesFeb15.pdf - Wednesday 2/17: Examples of application of conservations laws (see chapter 4 of Taylor). - Video of lecture at https://mediaspace.msu.edu/media/t/1_a4u97jro and handwritten notes at https://github.com/mhjensen/Physics321/blob/master/doc/HandWrittenNotes/Spring2021/NotesFeb17.pdf - Friday 2/19: Conservative forces, sumamry plus discussion of homeworks. Video at https://mediaspace.msu.edu/media/t/1_dnoiopq0 and handwritten notes at - https://github.com/mhjensen/Physics321/blob/master/doc/HandWrittenNotes/Spring2021/NotesFeb19.pdf - Good reads are Taylor chapter 4 and AMS chapters 10-14 for the conservation laws and the first sections of chapter 5 of Taylor on oscillations. - Solution hw 4 as jupyter-notebook at https://github.com/mhjensen/Physics321/blob/master/doc/src/Homeworks/Solutions/solutionhw4.ipynb - Remember also the videos of the solutions at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLq9LZ5390Us41TX42XzOPIEPcbHaqX8Hx ### Week 8, February 22-26, 2021 - Monday 2/22: Oscillations, mathematical details, the sliding block and energy conservation, 6th homework, due March 1. Video of lecture at https://mediaspace.msu.edu/media/t/1_kj8ea37l and handwritten notes at - https://github.com/mhjensen/Physics321/blob/master/doc/HandWrittenNotes/Spring2021/NotesFeb22.pdf - Wednesday 2/24: Oscillations, damped motion and more mathematical details. Taylor chapter 5.1 and 5.2. Video of lecture at https://mediaspace.msu.edu/media/t/1_3e16h2bz and handwritten notes at - https://github.com/mhjensen/Physics321/blob/master/doc/HandWrittenNotes/Spring2021/NotesFeb24.pdf - Friday 2/26: Oscillations, resonances and more on damped motion, video of lecture at https://mediaspace.msu.edu/media/t/1_j5ou5khh and handwritten notes at - https://github.com/mhjensen/Physics321/blob/master/doc/HandWrittenNotes/Spring2021/NotesFeb26.pdf. - First midterm project, available Feb 27/28 and due March 12, 2021 - Good reads are chapter 5 of Taylor on oscillations. - Solution hw 5 as jupyter-notebook at https://github.com/mhjensen/Physics321/blob/master/doc/src/Homeworks/Solutions/solutionhw5.ipynb ### Week 9, March 1-5 - Monday 3/1: Damped Oscillations, driven oscillations and resonances. Video of Lecture at https://mediaspace.msu.edu/media/t/1_e1qae0lc and handwritten notes at - https://github.com/mhjensen/Physics321/blob/master/doc/HandWrittenNotes/Spring2021/NotesMarch1.pdf. - Wednesday 3/3: Study day, no lectures - Friday 3/5: Resonances and start discussion of Fourier series. Discussion of first midterm. Video of lecture at https://mediaspace.msu.edu/media/t/1_m67hhyi8 and handwritten notes at https://github.com/mhjensen/Physics321/blob/master/doc/HandWrittenNotes/Spring2021/NotesMarch5.pdf. - Good reads are sections 5.4-5.7 of Taylor on oscillations. - Solution hw 6 as jupyter-notebook at https://github.com/mhjensen/Physics321/blob/master/doc/src/Homeworks/Solutions/solutionhw6.ipynb ### Week 10, March 8-12, 2021 - Monday 3/8: Fourier series and oscillations. Discussion of first midterm. Video of lecture at https://mediaspace.msu.edu/media/t/1_8zktj1wn and handwritten notes at https://github.com/mhjensen/Physics321/blob/master/doc/HandWrittenNotes/Spring2021/NotesMarch8.pdf. - Wednesday 3/10: Discussions of oscillations and time-dependent forces. and Discussion of first midterm. Video of lecture at https://mediaspace.msu.edu/media/t/1_dmio1l34 and handwritten notes at https://github.com/mhjensen/Physics321/blob/master/doc/HandWrittenNotes/Spring2021/NotesMarch10.pdf. - Friday 3/12: Discussion of first midterm and summary of oscillations. Deadline first midterm at midnight. There is no video of Friday's session since the lecture was organized in breakout sessions plus a discussion of the first midterm. Thx to all of you for heroic efforts with the first midterm. - Good reads are sections 5.7-5.8 and 8.2-8.4 of Taylor and Lecture notes ### Week 11, March 15-19, 2021 - Monday 3/15: Gravity and central force problems, center of mass coordinates. Lecture notes and Taylor chapter 8. 7th homework due March 22. Video of Lecture at https://mediaspace.msu.edu/media/t/1_x34gdl5o and handwritten notes at https://github.com/mhjensen/Physics321/blob/master/doc/HandWrittenNotes/Spring2021/NotesMarch15.pdf. - Wednesday 3/17: Gravity and central force problems. Video of lecture at https://mediaspace.msu.edu/media/t/1_dwy3ekta and and handwritten notes at https://github.com/mhjensen/Physics321/blob/master/doc/HandWrittenNotes/Spring2021/NotesMarch17.pdf. - Friday 3/19: Gravity and central force problems, centrifugal barriers. Video of lecture at https://mediaspace.msu.edu/media/t/1_moj8tmsv and and handwritten notes at https://github.com/mhjensen/Physics321/blob/master/doc/HandWrittenNotes/Spring2021/NotesMarch19.pdf. Julie's notes on methods and classes are at https://github.com/mhjensen/Physics321/tree/master/doc/pub/PythonClassesMethods ### Week 12, March 22-26, 2021 - Monday 3/22: Gravity and central force problems, elliptical orbits and Kepler's laws, 8th homework, due March 29. - Wednesday 3/24: Gravity and central force problems, elliptical orbits and two-body scattering examples. - Friday 3/26: Elliptical orbits, examples and two-body scattering problems. ### Week 13, March 29-April 2, 2020 - Monday 3/29: Central force problems, summary and discussion of two-body scattering problems. 9th homework, due April 5. - Wednesday 3/31: Two-body scattering. Taylor chapter 14 covers parts of the material. - Friday 4/2: Two-body scattering (Taylor chapter 14). Second midterm available, due Friday April 16. ### Week 14, April 5-9, 2021 - Monday 4/5: Wrapping up two-body scattering and begin Variational calculus and the Euler-Lagrange equations, chapter 6 of Taylor and lecture notes. - Wednesday 4/7: Variational Calculus, chapter 6 of Taylor - Friday 4/9: Variational calculus and the Euler-Lagrange equations, chapter 6 of Taylor and lecture notes. ### Week 15, April 12-16, 2021 - Monday 4/12: Variational calculus and the Euler-Lagrange equations, chapter 6 of Taylor and lecture notes. - Wednesday 4/14: Variational calculus and the Euler-Lagrange equations, chapter 6 of Taylor and lecture notes. - Friday 4/16: Euler-Lagrange equations and Lagrangian formalism. Taylor chapter 6 and lecture notes. Deadline 2nd midterm at midnight. ### Week 16, April 19-23, 2021 - Monday 4/19: Langrangian formalism, discussion of examples. Taylor chapters 6 and 7. 10th homework as extra assignments, due April 26. - Wednesday 4/21: Lagrangian formalism, examples such as the linear chain and double pendulum. Summary and discussions of final exam project. _Final exam project project, due April 30_ - Friday 4/23: Study day ### Week 17, April 26- April 30, 2021, Finals week - Final Exam: The final exam will be a project similar to the two midterm projects. Deadline April 30. We will have Q/A sessions Monday 26 and Wednesday 28 at 2.30pm to 4pm. Other sessions can always be arranged.