Schedule 491/681 Fall 99

  Tentative Schedule    
       
Date Topic/required reading until given date Pages HW due
8-Sep Generalized Coordinates 353 - 356 Set 1
15-Sep Lagrange Equations 357 - 366 Set 2
22-Sep Examples; Systems subject to constraints 366 - 372 Set 3
29-Sep Examples of systems subject to constraints 372 - 378 Set 4
6-Oct Constants of motion and ignorable coordinates 378 - 385 Set 5
13-Oct Lagrange equations for vibrating string 388 - 392 Set 6
20-Oct Hamilton equations, Liouville's theorem 392 - 396 Set 7
27-Oct Tensor algebra 402 - 410 Set 8
3-Nov Diagonalization of a symmetric tensor 410 - 424 Set 9
10-Nov Inertia Tensor  424 - 431 Set 10
17-Nov Motion of a rigid body / Euler's equations 444 - 454 Set 11
24-Nov The symmetrical top 454 - 460 Set 12
1-Dec Postulates of Special Relativity 502 - 532 -- 
8-Dec 4-vectors, momentum and energy conservation 523 - 558 Set 13
15-Dec FINAL EXAM due    

Last Updated on 9/2/98
By Sebastian Kuhn
Email: kuhn@physics.odu.edu