Course Calendar

Week 1

• Tuesday, 1/8
  • Principle of Relativity and Lorentz Transformations [Lecture 1 (Scanned Images)]
• Thursday, 1/10
  • Minkowski Spacetime [Lecture 2 (Scanned Images)]
• Friday, 1/11
  • [Homework 1] [Solution 1]

Week 2

• Tuesday, 1/15
  • 4-vectors and Relativisitic Kinematics [Lecture 3]
• Thursday, 1/17
  • One forms and tensors [Lecture 4]
• Friday, 1/18
  • Homework 1 due at 7PM.
  • [Homework 2] [Solution 2]

Week 3

• Tuesday, 1/22
  • Electromagnetism in tensor notation; relativisitic action [Lecture Note]
• Thursday, 1/24
  • Continuum mechanics [Lecture Note]
• Friday, 1/25
  • Homework 2 due at 7PM.
  • [Homework 3][Solution 3]

Week 4

• Tuesday, 1/29
  • Continuum Dynamics and Parametric Resonance [Lecture Note]
• Thursday, 1/31
  • Perturbation Theory and Nonlinear Oscillators [Lecture Note]
  • Notes and Mathematica Notebook for Hysteresis.
• Friday, 2/1
  • Homework 3 due at 7PM
  • [Homework 4][Solution 4]
  • Reading: Bender and Orszag

Week 5

• Tuesday, 2/5
  • (No class, Happy Chinese New Year!)
• Thursday, 2/7
  • More on Perturbation Theory and Review [Lecture Note Part 1] [Lecture Note Part 2]
• Friday, 2/8
  • Homework 4 due at 7PM
  • Midterm Exam Handed Out

Week 6

• Friday, 2/15
  • Midterm Due