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Physics 608 - Autumn 2006 Timeline

Rough timeline - recommended GPS sections to read are in [brackets]

Week 1: 29th, 31st Aug: [Lecture Notes: 01.ps, 01.pdf, 02.ps, 02.pdf ]
Very brief history of CM. Free/constrained particle motion (1.1-1.3) [1.4-1.6].

Week 2: 5th, 7th* Sep: (4th holiday): [Lecture Notes: 03.ps, 03.pdf, 04.ps, 04.pdf ]
D'Alembert's Principle, Lagrange's Equation and Applications (1.4-1.6) [2.1-2.5].

Week 3: 12th, 14th* Sep: [Lecture Notes: 05.ps, 05.pdf, 06.ps, 06.pdf ]
Calculus of Variations and Hamilton's Principle (2.1-2.5) [2.6,2.7]

Week 4: 19th, 21st* Sep: [Lecture Notes: 07.ps, 07.pdf, 08.ps, 08.pdf ]
Conservation and Symmetry (2.6, 2.7), Central Forces (3.1) [read 3.2-3.7]

Week 5: 26th, 28th Sep: [Lecture Notes: 09.ps, 09.pdf, 10.ps, 10.pdf ]
Eqns of planetary motion (3.1-3.7) [read 3.8-3.12].

Week 6: 3rd*, 5th Oct: [Lecture Notes: 11.ps, 11.pdf, 12.ps, 12.pdf ]
Scattering theory and the 3-body problem (3.8-3.12) [read 4.1-4.4].

Week 7: 10th*, 12th Oct: [Lecture Notes: 13.ps, 13.pdf, 14.ps, 14.pdf ]
3-body problem (3.8-3.12) Matrix formulation, Rotations (4.1), Mid-term review

Week 8: 17th, 19th Oct: [Lecture Notes: 15.ps, 15.pdf ]
Mid-term, Euler Angles (4.1-4.4) [read 5.9, 6.1]

Week 9: 24th, 26th* Oct: [Lecture Notes: 16.ps, 16.pdf, 17.ps, 17.pdf ]
Coriolis Effect etc (4.4-4.10), Matrix applications (5.1-5.5)

Week 10: 31st Oct, 2nd* Nov: [Lecture Notes: 18.ps, 18.pdf, 19.ps, 19.pdf ]
Matrix applications (5.7), Oscillations - free (6.1-6.4) and fixed (6.4) [read 8.1].

Week 11: 7th, 9th Nov: (10th holiday): [Lecture Notes: 20.ps, 20.pdf, 21.ps, 21.pdf ]
more on oscillations (6.1-6.4), Hamilton Eqns of Motion (8.1,8.2, 8.5) [read 9.1]

Week 12: 14th*, 16th Nov: [Lecture Notes: 22.ps, 22.pdf, 23.ps, 23.pdf ]
Least Action (8.6), Canonical Transforms (9.1-9.3), Hamilton-Jacobi method (10.1, 10.2)

Week 13: 21st* Nov: (23rd-25th Thanksgiving): [Lecture Notes: 24.ps, 24.pdf]
Hamilton-Jacobi method (10.1, 10.2) [read 11.1]

Week 14: 28th, 30th* Nov: [Lecture Notes: 25.ps, 25.pdf, 26.ps, 26.pdf ]
Action-Angle variables (10.3-10.6), Periodic Motion, Classical Chaos, Poincare Maps (11.2-11.6)

Week 15: 5th, 7th* Dec:
Chaotic Carretero-Gonzalez Fun, Exam review

Week 16: 12th, 16th Dec:
Tuesday bonus review, Saturday Final exam P-149 @ 10.30am-12.30pm.

* denotes probable homework due date... all this is subject to slip and slide.