PHYSICS 105A        Fall 2013
                             

Instructor: Jerry Finkelstein

Office hour: Tuesday 10:30 - 11:30 

Textbook:  "Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems",
            by Thornton and Marion, 5th edition

Due date                         Assigment
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Aug 22     (no assignment due)

Aug 27     Look at sections 2.1 to 2.3; also
           Read section 2.4, until the middle of page 60

Aug 29     Read examples 2.4, 2.5, and 2.6

Sept 3     Read example 2.9; also
           Do problems 2-16 and 2-17 from the end of chapter 2,
           and two additional problems AP1 and AP2 available at 
           http://phyweb.lbl.gov/~finkel/AP12.pdf

Sept 5     (no new asignment)

Sept 10    Read sections 2.5 and 2.6 (but skip examples 2.11 and 2.12)

Sept 12    (no new assignment)

Sept 17    Read sections 3.1 through 3.4 (but skip example 3.1); also
           Do problems 2-43 and 2-54

Sept 19    Read sections 3.5 and 3.6

Sept 24    Read section 3.8; also 
           Do problems 3-1, 3-3, and 3-9

Sept 26    Read section 3.9

Oct 1      Do problems AP3 and AP4 available at 
           http://phyweb.lbl.gov/~finkel/AP34.pdf
           (no reading assignment)

Oct 3      Midterm #1!

Oct 8      Read sections 7.1 and 7.3 (but skip example 7.2)

Oct 10     Read section 7.6 (starting with equation 7.99)

Oct 15     Read examples 7.4 through 7.7 (which are in section 7.4)

Oct 17     Do problems 7-14 and 7-16  (no reading assignment)

Oct 22     Read example 7.8 (in section 7.4)

Oct 24     Read section 7.8 and subsection "conservation of energy" of section 7.9

Oct 29     Do problems 7-7 and 7-10  (no reading assignment)

Oct 31     Read sections 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.6, and 8.10

Nov 5      Read sections 8.4 and 8.7

Nov 7      Do problems 8-14 and 8-22 (no reading assignment)

Nov 12     (no new assignment)

Nov 14     Do problems 8-9, 8-24(part a only), and 8-45  (no reading assignment)

Nov 19     Midterm #2!

Nov 21     Read sections 14.1 and 14.2

Nov 26     Read section 14.3 and look at section 14.4

Nov 28     (Thanksgiving vacation)

Dec 3      (no new assignment)

Dec 5      Do problems 14-12, 14-20, and 14-35 (no reading assignment)



The final exam will be on Thursday December 12, beginning at 7:15 in the morning