physics217
Physics 217
Mechanics
Course Policy: Two quizzes and one final. 20% for each quiz, 40% for final, and 20% for homeworks.
Students cheating with homeworks will lose 20% (both who copies and the one copied from)
Vector Analysis vectors.pdf
Class Assignment: 1.6, 1.11, 1.15, 1.19, 1.24, 1.25, 1.28, 1.31, 1.33, 1.37, 1.42
Home work: 1.3, 1.5, 1.12, 1.16, 1.21, 1.26, 1.30, 1.36, 1.39, 1.41
Newtonian Dynamics Newtonian.pdf
Class Ass: 2.4, 2.6, 2.8, 2.12, 2.15, 2.19, 2.29, 2.36, 2.38, 2.50, 2.53
HW: 2.1, 2.2, 2.5, 2.9, 2.16, 2.28, 2.32, 2.37, 2.43
Hints for Homework 2 HW2-217.pdf
Chapter 3: Oscillations
Assigned Problems: 3.3, 3.4, 3.6, 3.9, 3.14, 3.16, 3.42
HW: 3.2, 3.5, 3.10, 3.12, 3.17
Key to Homework 2
Alternatively you can download the scanned pages, but these are the same
as the files Central Forces plus Conics.
http://jft-newspaper.aub.edu.lb/reserve/main.asp
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Password=ac217s
Hints for Homework 3
Key to HW3
HW: (Gravitation and Central Forces) 6.1, 6.3, 6.9, 6.13, 6.17
This is a sample quiz. p217Sample1.pdf
The key for the sample keysample.pdf
Problem sets for Chapter 7
Lagrangians: LagrangianCalkin.pdf
Assigned problems 1, 3, 5, 8, 12
Homework problems 2, 4, 6, 7
Hamiltonians: HamiltonianCalkin.pdf
Assigned problems 3, 6, 12
Homework problems 1, 4
Solutions HW lagrangians and hamiltonians problems.pdf
Two Body Problem: Two Body Problem.pdf
Many Body Systems: Many Body System.pdf
Assigned problems: Chapter 9 (Thornton and Marion): 4, 9, 14, 22, 30, 56, 58
Homework: 6, 15, 20, 28, 36, 54, 62
Solutions HW Solutions Chapter9.pdf
Rotating Frames: Rotating Frames.pdf
Small Oscillations and Normal Modes Kibbl.pdf