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Course Philosophy and Format

Text: Classical Mechanics, by Chow

Midterm Exam Laundry List
List of Items for Final Exam (draft 11/04/01)

Approximate order of chapters and topics

• Chapter 1 (brief, no matrices (yet))
• Chapter 2, recipe for Lagrange's equation, some spreadsheet integration
• Chapter 3 integration of f=ma.  f(t)  f(x), f(v)
• Chapter 7 linear oscillations shm, driven oscillator, Q of oscillator, driven inverted pendulum
• Chapter 11 coupled oscillations
• Chapter 4  Lagrangian mechanics
• Chapter 6 Central force motion
• Chapter 10 Motion in non-inertial systems (rotating coordinate systems) Centriptal, coriolis forces
• Chapter 12 Rigid body motion

• Some Possible Problems
• Homework Assignments

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