December 7, 2019
The remaining lecture note scans have been added to the repository. Solutions to HW#13,14 as well as the
first bunch of preparation problems for the final have been added as well.
November 29, 2019
Homework #14 is online. There will be an ungraded computational
assignment on nonlinear dynamics (essentially a demo) which will be available soon.
November 25, 2019
Fixed an issue and added some clarifications to Homework #13.
If you want to start practicing for the subject exam, you can find the departments collection of previous subject exams here.
November 22, 2019
Homework #13 is online - the due date is Monday, Dec 2. There is
no computational assignment this week - try to implement some of the suggestions from the feedback on
previous computational assignments.
November 15, 2019
Homework #12 is online. There is no computational assignment
this week - instead, complete and submit midterm corrections by Friday, Nov 22.
November 8, 2019
Homework #11 is online. There is no computational assignment
this week.
November 4, 2019
I will hold additional office hours ahead of the midterm. You can stop by the helproom (BPS1248) Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 2-4pm.
November 2, 2019
More practice problems have been added to the repository (under exams/prep02). I will add solutions over
the next couple of days.
November 1, 2019
Several practice problems have been added to the repository (under exams/prep02). Solutions and additional
problems are forthcoming.
Homework solutions #7 and #8 are now available through the repository.
October 25, 2019
Homework #9 have been posted (C09 coming soon).
October 19, 2019
Homework #8 and computational assignment C08 have been posted.
October 12, 2019
Homework #7 has been posted and the solution to HW #5 is available through
the repository.
The computational assignment C07 is online, along with an update to C06 that demonstrates how the GUI (or general code) can be moved to an external Python module to reduce clutter.
October 05, 2019
Homework #6 has been posted. The computational homework C06 will be
online soon as well.
September 28, 2019
Homework #5 (aka midterm preparation for points) has been posted. There is no computational homework this week.
The solutions for Homeworks #3 and #4 will be posted early next week.
I will hold additional office hours on Thursday, Oct 3, from 2-4pm (tentative time, watch for updates/announcements during Monday’s class).
September 26, 2019
The due date for Homework #4 has been extended to Monday, Sep 30, since I won’t be able to have office hours before
the original due date.
I plan to hold office hours in BPS1248 on Friday, Sep 27, from 2-4pm.
The solution for Homework #2 has been added to the materials repository.
September 20, 2019
Homework #4 has been posted. Please note: Some of the problems touch upon subjects that
will only be discussed on Monday and Wednesday, because I was a bit slower than anticipated discussing the material this week and had to get the homework set ready before my trip. If you want to get started on the problems with damping and velocity-dependent potentials, have a look at section 1.5 in Goldstein’s book.
The lectures will get ahead of the homeworks again since the next set is mainly midterm preparation problems (for points).
September 18, 2019
The solution to homework set #1 has been added to the GitLab repository. (Solutions will not be posted on the website in
order to control access.)
September 14, 2019
Homework #3 and supplementary reading materials on nonholonomic constraints have been posted.
Lecture notes have been updated as well.
September 13, 2019
Midterms are scheduled for Fr 10/4, and Fr 11/8 (tentatively), during class. There will be no computational homework due in those weeks, and regular homeworks will heavily lean towards midterm preparation problems.
September 7, 2019
The first batch of typed lecture notes is available here. Check back regularly for updated
versions.
September 6, 2019
Homework #2 has been posted. Schedule and reading assignments for week 3 have been updated.
September 6, 2019
The deadline for the computational homework will be fuzzy this week while students are dealing with assorted GitLab issues. More explicit information on the GitLab homework workflow has been added here.
August 30, 2019
Authentication Issues with GitLab: Students who have issues cloning the materials repository or pushing to their own projects should check out the thread in the General Discussion section of the board and/or the instructions here.
August 30, 2019
Homework #1 has been posted.
August 29, 2019
A general syllabus and instructions for setting up Git have been added to the website. Please remember to log into the MSU Gitlab server to “activate” your account, which will allow me to add you to the course material repository.
August 28, 2019
Please check out the Overview and Logistics page, and notice the updated room information: Class will meet in BPS 1420 (the informationn for PHY820 in the course catalog is wrong).