Past Course
• Tue/Thu 09:30-10:45, Bldg.56 Rm.106, Slides to be available here if needed after the class.
• Tue or Wed 18:00-19:30, Bldg.56 Rm.106 (TA sessions, starting in Week 03)
• This course aims to help students with basic understandings in freshmen physics and mathematics
to appreciate important concepts and connections in classical mechanics.
Week 01-1. Course Introduction
Week 01-2. Newtonian Mechanics--Single Particle
Week 02-1. Newtonian Mechanics--Single Particle
Week 02-2. Newtonian Mechanics--Single Particle
Week 03-1. Oscillations + 1st Homework
Week 03-2. Oscillations
Week 04-2. Oscillations
Week 05-1. Nonlinear Oscillations and Chaos
Week 05-2. Nonlinear Oscillations and Chaos
Week 06-1. Nonlinear Oscillations and Chaos + 2nd Homework
Week 06-2. Gravitation
Week 07-1. Gravitation
Week 07-2. Gravitation + Special Topics
Week 08-1. Gravitation + Special Topics
Week 08-3. Midterm Exam / Apr. 27 (Sat) 19:30-21:00 (56-105 & 106)
Week 09-1. Methods in the Calculus of Variations
Week 09-2. Methods in the Calculus of Variations + Term Project Paper How-To
Week 10-1. Methods in the Calculus of Variations + 3rd Homework
Week 10-2. Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Dynamics
Week 11-1. Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Dynamics + Term Project Presentation How-To
Week 11-2. Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Dynamics
Week 12-1. Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Dynamics
Week 12-2. Central-Force Motion + 4th Homework
Week 13-1. Central-Force Motion
Week 13-2. Central-Force Motion + Special Topics
Week 14-1. Central-Force Motion + Term Project Slides (all slides)
Week 15-1. Course Conclusion + Term Project Presentations (slides) + Evaluation Form (link)
Week 15-3. Final Exam / Jun. 15 (Sat) 19:30-21:00 (56-105 & 106)