Dr. Katrina Hay
Physics 336 Classical Mechanics, Spring 2012
Office hours: Monday 10:00-10:30am, Tuesday 2:15-4:15pm, Wednesday 1:00-1:30pm, Thursday 2:15-4:15pm

Welcome! If you enjoy math and learning about motion, you will like this class.
Links will be updated as the course progresses. Read the syllabus (it's the contract for this course), download assignments, and DO THE READING before the date listed. For some days, electronic notes will be posted below.
Keep up and have a positive attitude! Come to class ready to PARTICIPATE everyday. Sitting in lecture should not be like watching the television or playing stenographer.

Required text book: Classical Mechanics, by John R. Taylor, University Science Books, 2005

Contracts Term Project Homework (due at noon) Date/ Reading Assignments Exam Information
Syllabus




















Term Project,
Deadlines and
Grading Criteria


Deadline dates:
3/22, topic choice
4/23, bibliography
5/11, Manuscript due













Homework #1, due 2/16
Homework #2, due 2/23
Homework #3, due 3/6
Homework #4, due 3/22
Homework #5, due 4/5
Homework #6, due 4/11
Homework #7, due 4/19
Homework #8, due 4/26
Homework #9, due 5/8
Homework #10, due 5/17

(HW #10 is the
last assignment)













by 2/8: Syllabus, 1.1
by 2/10: 1.2, 1.3, 1.4
     2/13: 1.4, 1.5
by 2/15: 1.6, 1.7
by 2/17: 2.1, 2.2
by 2/20:  NO CLASS
by 2/22: 2.3, 2.4
by 2/24: 2.5, 2.6
by 2/27: 3.1, 3.2
by 2/29: 3.3, 3.4
by 3/2: 3.5, 4.1
by 3/5: 4.2
by 3/7: 4.3
     3/9: EXAM #1
by 3/12: 4.4, 4.5
by  3/14: 4.6, 4.7
by 3/16: Class cancelled
by 3/19: 4.8, 4.10
by 3/21: 5.1, 5.2
by 3/23: 5.3, 5.4
     SPRING BREAK
by 4/2: 6.1, 6.2
by 4/4: 6.3, 6.4
by 4/6: NO CLASS
by 4/9: 7.1
by 4/11: (Guest lecturer!)
     4/13: EXAM #2
by 4/16: 7.2
by 4/18: -library speaker-
by 4/20: 7.3, 7.4
by 4/23: 7.5, 7.6 
by 4/25: 7.7
by 4/27: 9.1
     4/30: EXAM #3
by 5/2: 9.3
by 5/4: 9.6, 9.7
by 5/7: 13.1, 13.2
by 5/9: no reading
5/11-5/18: Student Presentations
5/23: FINAL 11:00am-12:50pm
Exam #1 Study guide
Exam #2 Study guide
Exam #3 Study guide
Final Exam Study guide



















Mathematica information on numerical solving of differential equations

A worksheet on how to use typesetting language LaTeX