MWF 9 AM-9:50 AM | OPL 107 | http://www.wfu.edu/~natalie/f17phy711/ |
Instructor: Natalie Holzwarth | Phone:758-5510 | Office:300 OPL | e-mail:natalie@wfu.edu |
Date | F&W Reading | Topic | Assignment | Due | |
1 | Mon, 8/28/2017 | Chap. 1 | Introduction | #1 | 9/6/2017 |
2 | Wed, 8/30/2017 | Chap. 1 | Scattering theory | #2 | 9/6/2017 |
3 | Fri, 9/01/2017 | Chap. 1 | Scattering theory | ||
4 | Mon, 9/04/2017 | Chap. 1 | Scattering theory | #3 | 9/6/2017 |
5 | Wed, 9/06/2017 | Chap. 2 | Physics in an non-inertial reference frame | #4 | 9/8/2017 |
6 | Fri, 9/08/2017 | Chap. 3 | Calculus of variations | #5 | 9/11/2017 |
7 | Mon, 9/11/2017 | Chap.3 | Calculus of variations | #6 | 9/13/2017 |
8 | Wed, 9/13/2017 | Chap. 3 | Lagrangian Mechanics | #7 | 9/15/2017 |
9 | Fri, 9/15/2017 | Chap. 3 and 6 | Lagrangian mechanics and constraints | #8 | 9/20/2017 |
10 | Mon, 9/18/2017 | Chap. 3 and 6 | Constants of the motion | ||
11 | Wed, 9/20/2017 | Chap. 3 and 6 | Hamiltonian formalism | #9 | 9/27/2017 |
12 | Fri, 9/22/2017 | Chap. 3 and 6 | Liouville equation | ||
13 | Mon, 9/25/2017 | Chap. 6 | Canonical transformations | ||
14 | Wed, 9/27/2017 | Chap. 4 | Motion from Small oscillations about equilibrium | ||
15 | Fri, 9/29/2017 | Chap. 1-4,6 | Review | ||
Mon, 10/02/2017 | Take-home exam -- No class | ||||
Wed, 10/04/2017 | Take-home exam -- No class | ||||
16 | Fri, 10/06/2017 | Chap. 4 | Vibrational modes | ||
17 | Mon, 10/09/2017 | Chap. 5 | Rigid body motion | #10 | 10/16/2017 |
18 | Wed, 10/11/2017 | Chap. 5 | Rigid body motion | ||
Fri, 10/13/2017 | Fall break -- No class | ||||
19 | Mon, 10/16/2017 | Discuss exam questions and topics for presentations | Topic | 10/18/2017 | |
20 | Wed, 10/18/2017 | Chap. 7 | Wave equation in one dimension | #11 | 10/20/2017 |
21 | Fri, 10/20/2017 | Chap. 7 | Solutions of Sturm-Liouville equations | #12 | 10/27/2017 |
22 | Mon, 10/23/2017 | Chap. 7 | Solutions of Sturm-Liouville equations | ||
23 | Wed, 10/25/2017 | Chap. 7 | Solutions of Sturm-Liouville equations | ||
24 | Fri, 10/27/2017 | App. A | Laplace transforms and contour integrals | #13 | 11/01/2017 |
25 | Mon, 10/30/2017 | App. A | Contour integrals | ||
26 | Wed, 11/01/2017 | Chap. 8 | Mechanics of Elastic Membranes | #14 | 11/06/2017 |
27 | Fri, 11/03/2017 | Chap. 9 | Introduction to hydrodynamics | ||
28 | Mon, 11/06/2017 | Chap. 9 | Introduction to hydrodynamics | #15 | 11/10/2017 |
29 | Wed, 11/08/2017 | Chap. 9 | Sound waves | ||
30 | Fri, 11/10/2017 | Chap. 9 | Sound waves | #16 | 11/17/2017 |
Mon, 11/13/2017 | Class cancelled | ||||
31 | Wed, 11/15/2017 | Chap. 9 | Sound waves -- including non-linearities | ||
32 | Fri, 11/17/2017 | Chap. 10 | Surface waves in fluids | #17 | 11/27/2017 |
33 | Mon, 11/20/2017 | Chap. 10 | Surface waves in fluids | ||
Wed, 11/22/2017 | Thanksgiving Holiday -- No class | ||||
Fri, 11/24/2017 | Thanksgiving Holiday -- No class | ||||
34 | Mon, 11/27/2017 | Chap. 11 | Heat conductivity | ||
35 | Wed, 11/29/2017 | Chap. 12 | Viscous fluids | ||
36 | Fri, 12/01/2017 | Chap. 12 | Viscous fluids | ||
Mon, 12/04/2017 | Presentations I | ||||
Wed, 12/06/2017 | Presentations II | ||||
Fri, 12/08/2017 | Presentations III |
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Read Chapter 1 in Fetter & Walecka.
Continue reading Chapter 1 in Fetter & Walecka.
Read Chapter 2 in Fetter & Walecka.
Start reading Chapter 3, especially Section 17, in Fetter & Walecka.
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Continue reading Chapters 3 and 6 in Fetter & Walecka.
Start Chapter 5 in Fetter & Walecka.
the above figure shows an object with four particles held together with massless bonds at the coordinates shown. The masses of the particles are m1=m2 ≡ 2m and m3=m4 ≡ m.
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Continue reading Chapter 7 in Fetter & Walecka.
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Read Chapter 8 in Fetter & Walecka.
Continue reading Chapter 9 in Fetter & Walecka.
Continue reading Chapter 9 in Fetter & Walecka.
Start reading Chapter 10 in Fetter & Walecka.